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Le Phare de Bastia
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 195 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$6,363
Haut les Mains!
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,028
Une Belle Matinée
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,028
Mur du pont des Soupirs. Venise 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Mur du pont des Soupirs. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Gondole sur le canal du pont des soupirs. Venise 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Gondole sur le canal du pont des soupirs. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
La Basilique sur la piazza San Marco
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Venise la sérénissime
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Vie sur l ile de Burano. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
En noir et blanc sur les canaux vénitiens
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Venise la sérénissime
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Lavage du marché aux poissons. Venise 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Lavage du marché aux poissons. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Glaçage et lavage du marché. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Reflet architectural. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Gondolier sur le grand canal de Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Reflet de gondoles sur l'eau vénitienne
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Reflet de Gondole. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Gondole sur les canaux
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Reflets de couleurs d architecture à Burano
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Etendage sur l ile de Burano. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Couleurs architectural. Burano 1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Couleurs architectural. Burano
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Carrefour d'architecture. Burano Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Etendage. Burano. Ile
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Reflet en eau limpide sur l ile de Burano
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Vie sur l ile de Burano
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Pêcheur sur l ile de Burano. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Passage de canaux. Ile de Burano
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Reflet sur l ile de Burano. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Ile de Burano. Italie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Le Florian piazza San Marco. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
La piazza Sa Marco. Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Dans les rues de Venise
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Gondole sur le grand canal de Venise style baroque
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Village de Saint Florent. Cap Corse
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Village de Nonza rallye touristique. Cap Corse
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Port de Bastia. Corse
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Eglise de Nonza. Cap Corse
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Place Garibaldi
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,233
Global warming 1.0
Franck Guedj
Photography - 110 x 165 x 1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 65 x 0.4 inch
$8,372
Boulangerie la Nuit
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$614
Architecture Gris, bleu, rouge
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 45.16 x 70 x 0.4 cm Photography - 17.8 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,116
Composition verticales
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.4 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$949
Fenêtres - Composition Minimaliste
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.4 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$726
Mosque and Rue Emir Akhor
Gabriel Lekegian
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
$385
The Taj At Agra
Eugene Clutterbuck Impey
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 inch
$246
La victoire de Christophe Charbonnel
Michel Di Maggio
Photography - 80 x 120 x 5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$2,791
Off Target (triptyque)
Judith Berry
Painting - 102 x 356 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 140.2 x 1.2 inch
$11,000
Dernier étage
Guillaume Lachapelle
Sculpture - 34 x 26 x 17 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 10.2 x 6.7 inch
$9,350
Night Shift
Guillaume Lachapelle
Sculpture - 38 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture - 15 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$16,500
Nuit étoilée
Guillaume Lachapelle
Sculpture - 50 x 70 x 70 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 27.6 x 27.6 inch
$16,000
Sans titre
Guillaume Lachapelle
Sculpture - 19 x 51 x 51 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 20.1 x 20.1 inch
$14,300
Cityscape -Modern Yerevan
Aram Movsisyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$200
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!