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Le bureau
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Painting - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€2,500
View from a business district sidewalk
Jason DeBose
Photography - 84 x 54 x 2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Pedestrian treadmill
Jason DeBose
Photography - 58 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 22.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
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
€2,135
Pintores de la Rambla
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 64.5 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 25.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€1,200
Growing in the Wrong Place
Claire Smith
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,970
Matinée à Trastevere, Rome
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 26.5 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.4 x 15.2 x 0 inch
€135
L’aqueduc du Pont du Gard, matin
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€195
Île Grecque de Santorin
Maria Raytcheva
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Mucho más que un techo. Casa Batlló
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
€1,800
Casa Batlló
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
€2,000
Village en hiver
E. Perrenoud-Monnier
Painting - 28 x 44 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,076
Maison à côté d'un phare, Normandie
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 26.5 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.4 x 15.4 x 0 inch
€135
Balade dans un parc à Rome
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 27 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.6 x 15.4 x 0 inch
€135
L'aqueduc du Pont du Gard, France
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 27.5 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.8 x 15.4 x 0 inch
€135
118
Jérôme Mesnager & Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 88 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 34.6 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€4,000
The Citizens - 09
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 53 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,100
The Citizens - 10
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 53 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,100
Collection Ville Autrement / Venise Autrement / China-Venezia
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€550
Collection Ville Autrement / Nice Autrement / Towards The Light
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€550
Collection Ville Autrement / Nice Autrement / Divin
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€550
The Citizens - 11
Romeo Melikyan
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
Jean-Paul Belmondo à Venise, Italie
Vittorio Pavan
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Korean dreams, North Korea 2
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
€1,100
Paris Street View
Marion Zimmermann
Painting - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€520
Open Window
Roberto Cuccaro
Fine Art Drawings - 50.5 x 36.1 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch
€1,400
Closed Shutters
Roberto Cuccaro
Fine Art Drawings - 50.5 x 36.1 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch
€1,400
The Woman of the Sea
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 42.87 x 51 cm Photography - 16.9 x 20.1 inch
€1,000
Scratched Records
James Fink
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.6 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.25 inch
€922
Eglise de Saint Pietro, Avigliana
Benjamin II Vautier
Painting - 52 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 20.5 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,739
Lagomorphe
Anne Juliette Deschamps
Sculpture - 22 x 12 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 4.7 x 5.9 inch
€3,000
Unmasked II
Ofobuike Okudoh
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€2,900
The Yes Sayer - Der Jasager
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€260 €234
Au Bord De La Rivière
Sergey Kovalenko
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Taharqa et la nuit #6
Juliette Agnel
Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
€12,000
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!