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Le grand port
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 43.5 x 62.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 17.1 x 24.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,288
Château
Hermann Paul
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$448
Port de pêche animé
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 50 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$2,299
Cambodia Mixed Media IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,670
Ancient Asia XXII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,783
Ancient Asia XXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,783
Fountain of the Turtles
Giuseppe Malandrino
Print - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$269
Nara in Blue, Japan
Alexandra Roddan
Painting - 65 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,924
Maternité de Grozny, Tchétchénie
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$2,803
Naples in Light Blue
Alexandra Roddan
Painting - 75 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,924
Television Antenna
Domenico Purificato
Painting - 35.6 x 25.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14 x 10 x 0 inch
$471
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Là-bas.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 33 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$224
Confinement sans perspective
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,121
Paysage d'un village enneigé
Albert Joseph Januarius Di Décarli
Painting - 37.5 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 14.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,311
Crossing TV
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$448
Open Space II - City Library, Stuttgart
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 159 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 62.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,727
Two Men of Letters - Schagl Abbey Library
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 159 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 62.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,727
The Cohen room, Oxford
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 146 x 127 x 2 cm Photography - 57.5 x 50 x 0.8 inch
$6,727
Le métropolitain
Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$336
Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 141 cm Photography - 50 x 55.5 inch
$6,727
Library of Congress IV, Washington
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 130 cm Photography - 50 x 51.2 inch
$6,727
Sainte Geneviève Library, Paris
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 151 cm Photography - 50 x 59.4 inch
$6,727
Saint Peter's Abbey Library
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 190 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$9,081
Rome - Le pont Saint Ange
Jacques Guillet
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,484
Seaside with flowers vertical version - Positano painting + frame
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$544
La ville, Les maisons, Les Visages (5)
Morten Schelde
Print - 28 x 21.5 cm Print - 11 x 8.5 inch
$168
La ville, Les maisons, Les Visages (3)
Morten Schelde
Print - 28 x 21.5 cm Print - 11 x 8.5 inch
$168
La ville, Les maisons, Les Visages (2)
Morten Schelde
Print - 28 x 21.5 cm Print - 11 x 8.5 inch
$168
Tropical Space Hostal
Simon Vega
Photography - 51 x 76 x 4 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,466
Oeuf
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 80 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,363
Nature on the coast - Ravello Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$364
Seaside lookout - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$364
Pointview of the town - Positano Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$364
View of the Stacks - Capri Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$364
Terrace on the sea vertical - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$364
View of the sea town - panoramic version Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$476
Overlooking the Gulf - panoramic version Sorrento painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$476
Seaside with boats - panoramic version Amalfi
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$476
Flowering on the coast - panoramic version Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$476
Deux écureuils à New York
Sophie Neury
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$224
Les canaux de Venise
Romain Ozanon
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$135
Ancient temple hidden in the deep mountains
Jinxian Zhang
Painting - 64 x 164 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 64.6 x 0.2 inch
$5,045
La mise au tombeau du Christ
Frédéric Goerg
Painting - 100.5 x 81.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.6 x 32.1 x 1 inch
$2,543
Old Woman Feeding Birds
Akim Levich
Painting - 85 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$7,287
View from the terrace (vertical version) - Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$364
Winter windmill in Maasluis
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$335
Spring in Baden - Baden
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$430
The street of Toledo
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$434
Kassandra flashback
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$438
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!