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Journey to meet the ocean
Harouna Ouedraogo
Painting - 144 x 144 cm Painting - 56.7 x 56.7 inch
$4,524
Black and Color series: New York City - Lower Manhattan
Mark Elst
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Thira Courtyard
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 0.04 inch
$4,500
Camaguey
Elena Borstein
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.04 inch
$5,000
Memories IV
Victoria Dearing
Photography - 27.5 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 10.8 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch
$565
Hotel Normandie, diptyque
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,071
Les oubliées 8 - série Paysage et Architecture
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$763
Les oubliées 5 - série Paysage et Architecture industrielle
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$763
Les oubliées 3 - série Paysage et Architecture
Gilbert Ovtcharenko
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$763
Murano Colonna (Venise, Italie)
Barbara Petit Lisy
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,208
Du côté de Sant Angelo (Venise, Italie)
Barbara Petit Lisy
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,208
Hameau d'Occitanie
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,086
Dans la lande
Patrick Briere
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,036 $1,832
Paris, le Sacré Coeur
Georges Yoldjoglou
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,036
Paris, le pont des Arts
Georges Yoldjoglou
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,036
Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
Jacques Coquillay
Painting - 65 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,166
Pin penché
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,108
NYC - Downtown Pano II
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 81 x 152.1 x 2.8 cm Photography - 31.9 x 59.9 x 1.1 inch
$4,750
Insta(nt)llation - Saint Sophie, Istambul
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 27.5 x 19 x 3 cm Photography - 10.8 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,052
Insta(nt)llation - Printemps, Paris
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 20 x 25.5 x 3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 10 x 1.2 inch
$1,052
2Insta(nt)llation - Synagogue Rumbach Sebestyen, Budapest 2/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 29 x 19 x 3 cm Photography - 11.4 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,052
Insta(nt)llation - Synagogue Rumbach Sebestyen, Budapest 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 27.5 x 20 x 3 cm Photography - 10.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,052
Insta(nt)llation - Guggenheim NYC. 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 20 x 27.5 x 3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 10.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,052
Insta(nt)llation - Panthéon, Paris 1/3
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 28 x 18 x 3 cm Photography - 11 x 7.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,052
Insta(nt)llation - Basilica Szent Istvan, Budapest
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 28.5 x 19 x 3 cm Photography - 11.2 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,052
Sur le Causse Aveyronnais
André Lac
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,199
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$701
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateau
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$701
Sans titre - série coque et ancre de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$701
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$701
Sas titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$701
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$701
Sans titre - série Bateaux et coque de bateaux
Andreas Möltgen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$701
Village du Couserans
André Lac
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
$724
La chapelle de la Joie à St Pierre
Richard Bouts
Painting - 30.2 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 11.9 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,640
Absorbés par le temps - 7
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$656
Absorbés par le temps - 3
Clara Cena
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$656
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
$396
Basilique Santa Maria della Salute, Venezia
Bruno Martini
Painting - 58.5 x 37 x 0.4 cm Painting - 23 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,133
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
$396
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 x 0 inch
$396
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
$396
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
$396
Untitled
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.3 inch
$396
Le retour du capitaine nemo - Cathédrale
François Schuiten
Print - 80 x 55 x 0.05 cm Print - 31.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$339
Urbain brutalisme, Bleu Majorelle - Photographie digigraphie (2)
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$283
Urbain brutalisme, Bleu Majorelle - Photographie digigraphie
Claire Giraudeau
Photography - 70 x 50 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$283
Amsterdam View opus 47
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 89.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,220
Rothko Chapel, Houston
Hervé Gloaguen
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,036
N° 1198 Entracte. Jardinière 4.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$701
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!