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Monte Compatri view
Renato Guttuso
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 51 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 20.1 x 0 inch
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Archeology of the feelings
Vasil Vasilev-Vaso
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Dream Until It’s Your Reality
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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New York blue night
Benoit Havard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Nemours, Le château et les bords du Loing
Bernard Buffet
Print - 92 x 136 x 2 cm Print - 36.2 x 53.5 x 0.8 inch
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Our lLove Was Born In Prague
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Trou sans titre
Christian De Cambiaire
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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N°100-74 11A (NG57)
Nicolas Galtier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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Abstract cityscape 1
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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N°100-80 11 (NG56)
Nicolas Galtier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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Garden lll Painting
Mariah Birsak
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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The Pont-Neuf Wrapped (Project for Paris), 1976
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Print - 25 x 19 x 0.05 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.5 x 0 inch
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La Cathédrale de Metz
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 4.3 inch
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Le Grenier de Chèvremont, Metz
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16.2 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.4 x 3.9 inch
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Sans titre
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 50 x 34.9 x 0.02 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.7 x 0 inch
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Self-Portrait 21.03
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
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Train de nuit #14
Philippe Saucourt
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Cable Car America - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Can't take my eyes off you
Al Freno
Painting - 120 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 2 inch
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Brutalist Architecture & Mountain Desert
Marion Sagon
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
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Sans titre
Raymond Moretti
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
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Un jour de janvier à Paris
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Lilas sous la Fenêtre
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
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Hear from one ear
Harouna Ouedraogo
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
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Journée Ensoleillée
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 45 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
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Sous le ciel de Paris
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 73 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
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Misty Rain in the Morning
Viktoria Ganhao
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Alexandre sous la neige
Eric Turlot
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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The Watermill Of Autumn
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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The Golden Midnight
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 65 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
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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!