Architecture as a subject covers images of buildings, ruins and structural fantasy, made for their own visual interest rather than as working plans for a builder. The eighteenth century vedute of Venice by Canaletto and the invented ruinscapes, or capricci, of Giovanni Battista Piranesi are among the best known examples, using precise perspective to record real buildings or to imagine grand structures that never existed. Architectural drawing also survives as a more technical tradition, recording elevations, sections and ornamental detail for study rather than display. A pre 1930 archive under this heading holds views, capricci and architectural studies rather than building plans.
Architecture Wall Art spans 20 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive.
Architecture as a subject covers images of buildings, ruins and structural fantasy, made for their own visual interest rather than as working plans for a builder. The eighteenth century vedute of Venice by Canaletto and the invented ruinscapes, or capricci, of Giovanni Battista Piranesi are among the best known examples, using precise perspective to record real buildings or to imagine grand structures that never existed. Architectural drawing also survives as a more technical tradition, recording elevations, sections and ornamental detail for study rather than display. A pre 1930 archive under this heading holds views, capricci and architectural studies rather than building plans.
The most represented artists here are Hubert Robert (36), Francesco Guardi (9), Giovanni Paolo Panini (7).
By movement: Neoclassicism (104), Romanticism (83), Baroque (61).
By orientation: 270 landscape, 146 portrait, 11 square.
The largest movement groups within Architecture:
The largest culture groups within Architecture:
Every artwork here can be downloaded as the original high-resolution file, or ordered as a Canvas, Rolled Canvas, Framed Canvas or Framed Print from $21.99, shipping included.
Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.
Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.