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L'été À La Mer Noire
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,019
Les Heures De Tranquillité
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,482
Été à la mer Noire
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,432
Karlovi Vari - Jour de fête
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,287
Automne a Dresden
Alina Khrapchynska
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,063
Underworld (1b)
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 13.8 inch
$3,578
Loggia
Robbie Cornelissen
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 36 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,100
Windy Morning
Asya Feoktistova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$10,146
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Hautes-Alpes, de la série Sur les chemins du Briançonnais
José Nicolas
Photography - 36 x 36 x 0.1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$559
Autumn in Chisinau
Natalia Yampolskaya
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,298
Memories of Greece
Natalia Yampolskaya
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,460
Church in Kovachevitsa
Yordan Velkov
Painting - 40 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$280
Moment in Gorno Dryanovo
Yordan Velkov
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$414
Tree by the wall
Astor Salcedo
Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.5 cm Photography - 3.9 x 3.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,795
House by the pool
Astor Salcedo
Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.5 cm Photography - 3.9 x 3.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,795
House with bridge
Astor Salcedo
Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.5 cm Photography - 3.9 x 3.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,795
The Escalator
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$222
La liberté bafouée
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$222
2023, cool life !
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$222
Stefanoni Factory
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$222
Mountain Houses
Nguyen Xuan Anh
Painting - 69.9 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.5 x 31 x 1 inch
$3,000
Terminal Station/Rusell Federal Building
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Hunter Street/Martin Luther King JR Drive
Ying Chen
Photography - 203.2 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Fondazione Prada 1
Sergey Bondarev
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,913 $3,522
Igrexa do meu pobo
Paco Ascón Callejo
Painting - 40 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$2,907
Je m'enfonce dans un Urbanisme Chaotique
Serge Salis
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,354
Century Class
Patrick Lajoie
Photography - 95 x 124 x 3 cm Photography - 37.4 x 48.8 x 1.2 inch
$6,317
Cadillac Dreams
Patrick Lajoie
Photography - 95 x 124 x 3 cm Photography - 37.4 x 48.8 x 1.2 inch
$6,317
Plano Pirámides 2. One of a Kind (Framed)
Rodrigo Spinel
Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$400
Plano Pirámides. One of a Kind (Framed)
Rodrigo Spinel
Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$400
Gotico. One of a Kind (Framed)
Rodrigo Spinel
Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$400
Tejido 2. One of a Kind (Framed)
Rodrigo Spinel
Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$400
Los Angeles beach
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 160 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,801
Les chasseurs chez Billy
Georges Darel
Painting - 73 x 91.5 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36 x 0.8 inch
$2,298
Souvenirs de Paris 4 Everyone
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Thank you
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Acoustics
Juan Pablo Castro
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Twin towers
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$391
Obelisque et Tour Eiffel
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$391
Eiffel Tower
Francis Apesteguy
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$391
Le bois de Vincennes
Simon Pradinas
Painting - 73 x 108 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 42.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,571
Matrice de la gravure 'Instant 17'
Blandine Galtier
Print - 65 x 40 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,795
Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 48
Nadine Van Der Straeten
Print - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
$548
The Majorelle festival
Franck Kemkeng Noah
Painting - 130 x 105 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 41.3 x 2 inch
$5,590
Uproar Landseer Lion
Arthur Steel
Photography - 66 x 86 x 1 cm Photography - 26 x 33.9 x 0.4 inch
$3,019
Collioure - série Paysage de Méditerranée
Claude Laffaye
Painting - 13 x 18 x 2 cm Painting - 5.1 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
$112
A la recherche du temps perdu
Olir Romanelli
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$56
History and Dreams
Darlene Winfield
Painting - 137.2 x 193 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 76 x 1 inch
$7,031
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!