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Downton Abbey North View
Daniel Clarke
Painting - 45.7 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$266
Castle Green Pasadena
Daniel Clarke
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$290
Vue de Djerba, paysage
Hédy Gobaa
Painting - 104.9 x 160 x 5.1 cm Painting - 41.3 x 63 x 2 inch
$3,619
Vue d'El Ghazela, Technopole
Hédy Gobaa
Painting - 97 x 166.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 38.2 x 65.7 x 2 inch
$3,619
Vraquier. port de Montréal
Hédy Gobaa
Painting - 144.3 x 199.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 56.8 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$5,654
Evrett, Montréal, 2013
Hédy Gobaa
Painting - 151.6 x 199.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 59.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$5,654
Console Table Camo Marble Calacatta Viola
Un'common
Design - 85 x 50 x 28 cm Design - 33.5 x 19.7 x 11 inch
$5,089
Coffee Table Pera M smoky oak Calacatta Viola
Un'common
Design - 35 x 70 x 70 cm Design - 13.8 x 27.6 x 27.6 inch
$2,375
Forst - Sideboard cognac grooved Carrara
Un'common
Design - 46 x 120 x 40 cm Design - 18.1 x 47.2 x 15.7 inch
$3,562
Latin Quarter Backwater
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 61 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$277
Bixby Creek Bridge Monterey
Daniel Clarke
Painting - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$301
N° 1183 Ile d'Aix. Façade Nord de l'église abbatiale.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$509
Georgia Home, Watercolor on paper
Mike King
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$469
Balboa Park, Evening
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$148
Profitons du moment présent
Alione
Painting - 89 x 134 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 52.8 x 1.2 inch
$6,333
Réaction
Notseig
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,601
N° 1166 Rochefort. Allée Paul Guimard.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$475
N° 1080 Budapest 2. Széchenyi Lànchid A.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$430
Mine de Chuquicamata
Laurent Chabot
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$7,577
The entrance number 4
Polina Izvekova
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,997
The entrance number 2
Polina Izvekova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,545
Etna
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 130 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.2 x 39.4 inch
$3,393
Badaboum
Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Painting - 130 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$6,107
Paris, Beauté et religion dans le Marais
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$509
Paris, Jeune homme dans le Marais
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$509
Kimono
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 135 x 77 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 53.1 x 30.3 x 0 inch
$3,393
Triadou Haussman
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 74 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Place de l'Etoile
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$679
Crowd with Straw Ramparts
Judith Berry
Painting - 30.5 x 274.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 12 x 108 x 2 inch
$4,524
St-Laurent
Guillaume Lachapelle
Sculpture - 24.9 x 19.1 x 11.9 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 7.5 x 4.7 inch
$2,940
Un coin de rue
Guillaume Lachapelle
Sculpture - 23.1 x 30 x 10.9 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 11.8 x 4.3 inch
$3,166
Balcon mécanique
Guillaume Lachapelle
Sculpture - 25.4 x 20.3 x 15.2 cm Sculpture - 10 x 8 x 6 inch
$4,297
Paternal grandfather’s house l First floor l Black & white
Raffaella
Painting - 45 x 60.5 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.8 x 1.2 inch
$2,827
Paternal grandfather’s house l Ground floor l Black & white
Raffaella
Painting - 45 x 60.5 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.8 x 1.2 inch
$2,827
Factory in grandfather Wang’s house
Raffaella
Painting - 72.5 x 60.5 x 3 cm Painting - 28.5 x 23.8 x 1.2 inch
$3,393
Vineyard & Poppies - Tuscany painting landscape + frame
Roberto Gai
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$413
L’hippopotamesque et ses chaises
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,107
Charlestown Port, Cornwall
James Presley
Painting - 30 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$326
Falmouth Chippy, Cornwall
James Presley
Painting - 30 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$327
Girl at the Inn, The Devonport Inn, Cornwall
James Presley
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$341
Girl on the Beach, Clovelly, North Devon
James Presley
Painting - 30 x 40.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$327
Sunset on the Barbican in Plymouth
James Presley
Painting - 30 x 40.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$341
Cranborne Manor, Cranborne, Dorset
James Presley
Painting - 30 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$341
Ferryside, Boddinick, Cornwall
James Presley
Painting - 30 x 40.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$341
Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
James Presley
Painting - 30 x 40.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$341
Guthrie Covered Bridge
Greg Dorosh
Painting - 30.5 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 12 x 20 x 1.5 inch
$268
Old Tradition of Amsterdam
Anna Pavlova
Painting - 39.4 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.5 x 12 x 1 inch
$495
Fractal Los Angeles
Alex Silver
Photography - 60.96 x 91.44 x 2 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.8 inch
$3,166
Space grandfather Wang’s house colour
Raffaella
Painting - 60.5 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.8 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,771
Un pas après l'autre
Virginie Mézan de Malartic
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,898
Old country houses - Tuscany landscape painting
Claudio Pallini
Painting - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$187
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!