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Japan - Tokyo And Mount Fuji At Sunset
Marc Todd
Painting - 61 x 90.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 35.8 x 0.7 inch
$1,322
Venice - The Grand Canal
Marc Todd
Painting - 75.9 x 102.1 x 3.6 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 x 1.4 inch
$1,925
Japanese Temple In Bright Light
Marc Todd
Painting - 75.9 x 102.1 x 3.6 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 x 1.4 inch
$1,859
Essence de la jeunesse, bois
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 58 x 28 x 20 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 11 x 7.9 inch
$5,537
Presby Gardens (Plein Air)
Mark Hunter
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$900
Presby Gardens Walthers Home (Plein Air)
Mark Hunter
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
New Orleans-Chartres Street
Marilyn Henrion
Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
$1,550
New Orleans-Harmony Street
Marilyn Henrion
Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
$1,550
New Orleans- Philip Street 2
Marilyn Henrion
Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
$1,550
New Orleans- Philips Street 1
Marilyn Henrion
Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
$1,550
New Orleans-Chestnut Street 2
Marilyn Henrion
Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
$1,550
Nyhavn.Red ship .
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
Le génie de la liberté IV
Dominique Appia
Print - 55 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$279
vue sur lyon fourviére
Brito Esteves
Painting - 40 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$670
Le Brooklyn Brigde
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,953
Whispers of Spring in Rural Repose
Kamo Atoyan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$300
Taharqa et la nuit #6
Juliette Agnel
Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
$13,395
The playful power of water
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,800
Place Dauphine
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Le Confinement
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,953
Fête Nat, Singapour
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,126
Puis, le divin, Singapour
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,126
Bain de soleil à l'abri, Deauville
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 70 x 105 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,126
Pintores de la Rambla
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 64.5 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 25.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,340
Ciutadella parck. Barcelona
Joan Copons
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
Bridge over the Seine
Joan Copons
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Positano At Night
Marc Todd
Painting - 75.9 x 102.1 x 3.6 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 x 1.4 inch
$2,121
Rustic Streets Vetralla 3
Liz McDonough
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.6 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.4 inch
$2,540
Street in Santorini
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,126
Una casa tenebrosa
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 21 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$174
#3202 "Berlinimalism #02"
Oliver Lipinski
Photography - 50 x 100 x 0.6 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,557
Au bord du ciel - série Paysage imaginaire
Lela Migirov
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$558
We will be able to rebuild
Tetiana Ocheredko
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
A Bright Day on the Mystic
Mark Hunter
Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10 x 8 x 0.1 inch
$650
Escaliers
Guillaume Couffignal
Sculpture - 69 x 42 x 11 cm Sculpture - 27.2 x 16.5 x 4.3 inch
$2,679
Bloomed field - Tuscany landscape & frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 24 x 44 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch
$519
Piscine (greco-romaine), diptyque #2
Anne-Laure Wuillai
Sculpture - 41 x 61 x 2 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$6,698
De cendre et de rouillle
Bernard Ambielle
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,666
Sans titre - Encyclopédie Vagabonde
Antoine Grumbach
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.1 inch
$4,800
The hot dog vendor
David Carey
Photography - 46 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 18.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$111
Mullioned window with flowers
Andrea Borella
Painting - 47 x 37 x 1 cm Painting - 18.5 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
$642
A Boy With A Golden Fish
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$257
Le Flatiron Building
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,953
Cheval Cubiste de Guernica Bois
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 56 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 22 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
$5,135
Untitled 66
Lucio Forte
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 13 x 0 inch
$112
Sans titre
Julien Drogoul
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,005
Tour Eiffel culturelle
Stéphane Cantin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$313
Gothica
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,246
Palace of Westminster
Volodymyr Kolesnyk
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$949
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!