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Port de pêche animé
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 50 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$2,310
Global warming 1.0
Franck Guedj
Photography - 110 x 165 x 1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 65 x 0.4 inch
$8,385
Confinement sans perspective
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,118
Self-Portrait 20.127
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
$324
Self-Portrait 20.126
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
$324
Self-Portrait 20.112
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
$324
Paysage d'un village enneigé
Albert Joseph Januarius Di Décarli
Painting - 37.5 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 14.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,322
Mairie miroir de Séoul - Corée
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$280
Self-Portrait 18.33
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$335
Homenaje al Racionalismo
Renato Manzoni
Print - 120 x 60 x 1 cm Print - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$16,770
George Peabody Library II, Baltimore USA
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 158 x 127 x 2 cm Photography - 62.2 x 50 x 0.8 inch
$6,708
Le métropolitain
Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$335
Hay bales and poppies - Tuscany landscape painting
Gino Masini
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$335
Flowery landscape - Tuscany landscape painting & frame
Gino Masini
Painting - 20 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$335
La ville, Les maisons, Les Visages (5)
Morten Schelde
Print - 28 x 21.5 cm Print - 11 x 8.5 inch
$168
La ville, Les maisons, Les Visages (3)
Morten Schelde
Print - 28 x 21.5 cm Print - 11 x 8.5 inch
$168
La ville, Les maisons, Les Visages (2)
Morten Schelde
Print - 28 x 21.5 cm Print - 11 x 8.5 inch
$168
Ancient temple hidden in the deep mountains
Jinxian Zhang
Painting - 64 x 164 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 64.6 x 0.2 inch
$5,031
La mise au tombeau du Christ
Frédéric Goerg
Painting - 100.5 x 81.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.6 x 32.1 x 1 inch
$2,555
Stella McCartney Opéra, Spring- Summer 2006 Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 105 x 150 x 5 cm Photography - 41.3 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$13,416
The Golden Dream Of Prague - The King’s Town
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$334 $285
Château
Hermann Paul
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$447
Paysage et maison de campagne
René Guinand
Painting - 49.5 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,450
A Surrealistic Window
Sara Margolin
Painting - 40 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$235 $200
Cambodia Mixed Media IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,666
Ancient Asia XXII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,778
Ancient Asia XXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,778
Fountain of the Turtles
Giuseppe Malandrino
Print - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$268
Nara in Blue, Japan
Alexandra Roddan
Painting - 65 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,913
Maternité de Grozny, Tchétchénie
Françoise Spiekermeier
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$2,795
Naples in Light Blue
Alexandra Roddan
Painting - 75 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,913
Television Antenna
Domenico Purificato
Painting - 35.6 x 25.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14 x 10 x 0 inch
$470
Sur les Chemins d'Alice - Là-bas.
Brno Del Zou
Photography - 33 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$224
Open Space II - City Library, Stuttgart
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 159 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 62.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,708
Two Men of Letters - Schagl Abbey Library
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 159 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 62.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,708
Milich'sche Library I, Görlitz
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 130 cm Photography - 50 x 51.2 inch
$6,708
The Cohen room, Oxford
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 146 x 127 x 2 cm Photography - 57.5 x 50 x 0.8 inch
$6,708
Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 141 cm Photography - 50 x 55.5 inch
$6,708
Library of Congress IV, Washington
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 130 cm Photography - 50 x 51.2 inch
$6,708
Sainte Geneviève Library, Paris
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 151 cm Photography - 50 x 59.4 inch
$6,708
Saint Peter's Abbey Library
Reinhard Gorner
Photography - 127 x 190 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$9,056
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
North. Northern blue.
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
North.Norwegian mosaic
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,789
North. At the foot of the high mountains.
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$950
Far from the big land
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 61 x 92 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,225
L'ami quotidien
Juliette Lamarca
Painting - 130 x 97 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,354
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!