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White Paris blanc La Tour Eiffel et La Seine 1966 Eiffel Tower and Seine River
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 26 x 37.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 14.8 inch
$2,205
Paris confinement Sacré Cœur
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,074
Paris confinement 28
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,074
Paris confinement 25
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,074
Paris Tour Eiffel
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 24 x 18 x 1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch
$905
Factory & Soft mountain chain
Marion Sagon
Painting - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,672
The Moonlight in Prague
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$577
Windmill in Niforeika
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,036
Autumn in the village
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$900
Au Clair de Lune a Venise
Christian Jodin
Painting - 92 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 36.2 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,125
Construction
Yves Bordes Lapeyre
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$611
Promenade Parisienne
Jean-Baptiste Delarue
Print - 52 x 74 x 2 cm Print - 20.5 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$792
Après avoir marché tout est beau
Juliette June
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$1,018
Wren library, Cambridge
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 159 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 62.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,785
The Picture Frame Westminister Bridge
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$2,064
Les bleuets - série Les Poupées
Pierre Jarraud
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,696
Italian courtyard
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,150
Autumn in the courtyard, Painting, Oil on canvas
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 89.9 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,650
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Le Vieux Monsieur.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 22 x 33 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 13 x 0 inch
$226
Contrada Scotola
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,809
1972 Black Metallica 2
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Sculpture - 27 x 4 x 4 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 1.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,205
Bateaux de pêcheurs. L'île de Bréhat
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 30 x 42.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.8 x 16.7 x 0.1 inch
$153
DIOR Grand Palais Spring/Summer 2006 Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 120 x 160 cm Photography - 47.2 x 63 inch
$10,178
Big Ben Big Bang
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$2,064
Spring behind the fence
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 45 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,923
Landscape with a Barrel
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,244
Balade dans un parc à Rome
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 27 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.6 x 15.4 x 0 inch
$153
Green & Blue Interior
Edmund Sumner
Photography - 119 x 84 x 0.1 cm Photography - 46.9 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$2,912
A sandy for Edward Hopper
Cristina J. Rey
Photography - 28 x 39 cm Photography - 11 x 15.4 inch
$215
Don't worry, Spring will come (...April in Paris)
Max Baris
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,107
Fenêtre sur soi - série Paysage imaginaire
Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$588
Les cabanes de plage
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,696
Le Cannet by night
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,205
Red Roof Triptych
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 30 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch
$792
Architecture
Art and architecture share many similarities. They've influenced one another throughout history. However, trying to liken these two disciplines will inevitably lead to certain contractions.
Perhaps the biggest difference is that Art, in its broadest sense, is defined as a creation meant to trigger an emotional response which is generally related to aesthetic pleasure. It doesn't satisfy any of life's basic needs, but it leads to thoughts, reflections, and often taps into our subconscious and our memory. On the other hand, architecture's primary purpose is to shelter individuals and ensure their safety. Architecture is meant to serve a utilitarian purpose.
Today, architecture has gone far beyond this initial function. Architects have strived to combine engineering and aesthetic research to create buildings that are so out of the ordinary we wonder how they were designed. They want their creations to stand out and favour originality and creativity. Just like in arts, architecture is influenced by the historical, social, and political context of the time and each movement has its own characteristics, from baroque to futurism to Bauhaus. Modern architecture marked a turn in the history of architecture. Architects revolutionised the social scope of their discipline and took an industrialist approach to society and nature — avant-garde architects rubbed shoulders with artists such as Georges Braque, Piet Mondrian, and members of the De Stijl group. Le Corbusier is a pioneer in collective housing, and also took part in ambitious projects which aimed to rebuild entire cities, such as Chandigarh in India. Decorative arts also developed by taking inspiration from the conventions that governed modernist architecture.
Contemporary architecture might not be a specific movement per se, but buildings that fall into this category share certain attributes. Contemporary architecture is characterised by curvy lines and various volumes in a single structure, as seen with the Sydney Opera House. The architect Jørn Utzon explained that he didn't seek to create a building for this project, but an actual sculpture. The building continually renews itself with new meanings and experiences for each passerby. Architectural works often require periods of deep reflection and a long though process in order for the architect to envisage how to give their building a sense of character and soul.
Whether architecture is an art or not is a never ending debate, but it is undeniable that there are strong links between the two disciplines. There are many examples of collaborations between contemporary artists and architects, and today the works of the greatest architects are exhibited in museums along with their fellow artists.
Discover our selections of artworks inspired by art and architecture!