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And There Is Thinking Over Something
Eleonora Drumeva
Painting - 90 x 102 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,683
Ouessant - série bord de mer
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 52 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 20.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$738
Petit bar à Kyoto - série voyage en Asie
Brigitte Genty
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$436
Fenêtre sur soi - série Paysage imaginaire
Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Le petit pont de Central Park - série New York
Marianne Dencausse
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,096
Saint Malo et le Fort National
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,476
Automne à Paris Série La Ville
Michel de Alvis
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$805
Galions fantômes arrivant au port, série mer et bateaux
Jean-Louis Manuel
Painting - 54 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,236
Le métro aérien - série la ville
Michel de Alvis
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,811
Le remorqueur vert - série bord de seine
Michel de Alvis
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,811
Ancient architects
Tatiana Iliina
Painting - 129.5 x 149.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 51 x 59 x 0.1 inch
$2,495
Trail after Snow Day
Richard Szkutnik
Painting - 35.6 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14 x 18 x 0.2 inch
$1,140
NYC Oculus II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 200 x 118 x 3 cm Photography - 78.7 x 46.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,366 $4,293
Le bureau
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Painting - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,795
Akihabara - série voyage en Asie
Brigitte Genty
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$643
The National Theatre
David Walker
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$5,550
Le temple d'argent au Japon
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 37 x 37 x 0.5 cm Photography - 14.6 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch
$548
Le Quai aux fleurs à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$324
Lichtmalerei 180.18.2003
Karl-Martin Holzhäuser
Photography - 133 x 133 x 5 cm Photography - 52.4 x 52.4 x 2 inch
$35,776
La maison de Bretagne N°1
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$894
Un été à Pékin
Elisa Haberer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$3,801
Botanical sceneries - Petit palais Sévilles
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$727 $654
Le Quai de Seine à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$324
Pont Royal à Paris - série bords de Seine
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$324
La machine à remonter le temps
Lionel Morateur
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$307 $154
Clair de lune à New-York
Cécile Jaunet
Painting - 90 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,708 $6,037
Le banc public devant la ville - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$447
Le banc public à Paris - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$447
Le banc public devant le pont d'Avignon - série vision du monde
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 50 x 50 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$447
Vue en perspective : NYC
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$839
Renouveau sous l'orage : L'Oculus à l'heure dorée I
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$839
Vie en mouvement sous les arches du Tower Bridge I
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$839
Éphémère passage
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$839
Harmonie monochrome : Le Pont des Arts V
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$839
Williamsburg: Monochrome of the urban soul II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$839
Bir-Hakeim : Lumière du jour, Éclat de nuit III
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$839
Bir-Hakeim : Lumière du Jour, Éclat de nuit II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$839
Bir-Hakeim : Lumière du jour, Éclat de nuit I
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$839
Notre Dame de Paris III
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$839
Notre Dame de Paris II
Gauthier Bouret
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$839
Au fil du temps
Christian Bruneau
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$402
Splash II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,104 $4,883
Tokyo n°4 - série voyage en Asie
Brigitte Genty
Painting - 70 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$492
Rest of the Plastic Swans
Eleonora Drumeva
Painting - 60 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,952
C'est ici - série paysage imaginaire
Marc Sinic
Print - 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$447
Autoportrait au pack - série monde imaginaire
Marc Sinic
Print - 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$447
Golden Gate view
Timothy Mulligan
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
Sold
Milich'sche Library I, Görlitz
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 130 cm Photography - 50 x 51.2 inch
$6,708
Library of the Abbey in Waldsassen, Bavaria
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 152 x 160 x 3 cm Photography - 59.8 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$9,056
Okage Yokocho - série voyage en Asie
Brigitte Genty
Painting - 20 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$408
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!