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Le Moulin de Janot
Georges R. Quinio
Painting - 38 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch
$1,696
Paseando por el lac Leman
Josep Teixido
Painting - 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$712
Iggy Pop, Ann Arbor, MI, 1968
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
Le Havre, Porte Océane
Lassana Sarr
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,357
L'escalier (3)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$452
La porte entr'ouverte
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$452
La Grande Dame (Vue 5 Passerelle Debilly avec la Tour Eiffel)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$396
Vue sur les toits 4
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$396
Urban Girl
Fabien Novarino
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,696
The Book of Sand IV
Maarten Demmink
Painting - 40 x 32 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,640
The other side of fence
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 35 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,074
Sans titre - série mer et phares
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$611
Marine 42 - série mer et phares
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$611
Fraserbourg - série mer et phares
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$735
One of Four (Battersea Power Station)
Michael Wallner
Print - 91 x 65 x 0.3 cm Print - 35.8 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,257
Borough Station 2
Michael Wallner
Photography - 48 x 35 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$655
Beautiful Brutalism (National Theatre stairs)
Michael Wallner
Print - 91 x 68 x 2 cm Print - 35.8 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,052
Empire State Building (silver)
Michael Wallner
Print - 91 x 68 x 0.03 cm Print - 35.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$1,257
National Theatre (teal)
Michael Wallner
Print - 62 x 145 x 0.03 cm Print - 24.4 x 57.1 x 0 inch
$1,582
National Theatre (blue sky)
Michael Wallner
Print - 68 x 91 x 0.03 cm Print - 26.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,257
National Theatre (colours)
Michael Wallner
Print - 61 x 98 x 0.03 cm Print - 24 x 38.6 x 0 inch
$1,257
St Paul's (mellow yellow)
Michael Wallner
Print - 69 x 90 x 0.03 cm Print - 27.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,257
Empire State Building (blue)
Michael Wallner
Print - 91 x 68 x 0.03 cm Print - 35.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$1,257
Brooklyn Bridge (turquoise)
Michael Wallner
Print - 68 x 91 x 0.03 cm Print - 26.8 x 35.8 x 0 inch
$1,257
405 Lexington Avenue (Chrysler Building)
Michael Wallner
Print - 91 x 67 cm Print - 35.8 x 26.4 inch
$1,257
Christmas Market at Dome square
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Oxford Street. London
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,357
The Autumn Yard - autumn landscape painting
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,165
Window to the secret garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Perspective seeing (perspektivisches Sehen)
Paul Verstraten
Painting - 90 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
The moment when the goal was made the way (Der Moment indem das Ziel zum Weg gemacht wurde)
Paul Verstraten
Painting - 110 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$2,149
Glendale - Crépuscule
Daniel Castan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,958
Recomposition of a Landscape 3
Andrea Vandoni
Painting - 30 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,262
MBA, Lumière blanche
Jame's Prunier
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.9 inch
$5,598
Elle sort du cinq et va s'acheter des cigarettes
Jame's Prunier
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.9 inch
$4,241
Calle de invernaderos I
Ana Garcia
Painting - 35 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,006
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!