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Plymouth Gin Distillery, the Barbican Plymouth
James Presley
Painting - 23.1 x 31 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.1 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
$334
Demain, c'est loin
Simon Laveuve
Sculpture - 50 x 34 x 50 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13.4 x 19.7 inch
$11,368
Le retour du fils prodigue
Winnie Denker
Photography - 160 x 120 x 5 cm Photography - 63 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$9,094
Three girls on the grass road
Arie Smit
Painting - 28 x 30.5 x 3 cm Painting - 11 x 12 x 1.2 inch
$7,000
Turning Prayer Wheels
Katherine Van Uytrecht
Print - 24 x 20 x 1 cm Print - 9.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$220
The Meeting -15-02-22
Corné Akkers
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$6,721
Peaceful Village
Shellie Garber
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,100
Interior de la Iglesia de Espejo (Cordoba) en septiembre de 1937
Equipo Realidad
Print - 69 x 71 cm Print - 27.2 x 28 inch
$341
The splendor of benares
Samir Paul
Painting - 91.5 x 106.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 36 x 42 x 0 inch
$8,571
Même structure
Jaildo Marihno
Sculpture - 32 x 44 x 41 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 17.3 x 16.1 inch
$13,641
The london hotel. Los Angeles
Andrés Agustín Comastri
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,627
The Building of Isolation I
Hesu Park
Fine Art Drawings - 38.6 x 25.8 x 2.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.2 x 1 inch
$296
Urban wallpaper 10
Bruno Fontana
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,728
La mémoire
Thierry Van Quickenborne
Photography - 81 x 65 x 1 cm Photography - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$534
Vue sur la Placette de Sigoyer
Eleanor Quellien
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$181
Cuckoo Block "Frankfurt"
Guido Zimmermann
Sculpture - 78 x 26 x 14 cm Sculpture - 30.7 x 10.2 x 5.5 inch
$5,570
Belvedere on the sea - Ravello Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$415
Capri romantic sunset - Southern Italy
Silvio Valli
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$313
Flowering panorama - Amalfitan coast painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$512
Old Venice cityscape n°1 - Italian painting
Michele Martini
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$426
Pont des Saints Pères
Pierre Emile Le Prince Ringuet
Painting - 34 x 38 cm Painting - 13.4 x 15 inch
$443
The treshold
Officine Creative Italiane
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$563
Corner of the inn
Tamalin Baumgarten
Painting - 45.72 x 45.72 x 5.08 cm Painting - 18 x 18 x 2 inch
$4,078
Gran Vía, 1 de Agosto
Antonio Lopez Garcia
Print - 77.5 x 70.6 x 0 cm Print - 30.5 x 27.8 x 0.01 inch
$8,750
Dans les rues de Biot
Raph Eye's
Photography - 30 x 20 x 4 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch
$159
Serene Christmas
Victorino Mercado
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 inch
$398
Living room with yellow walls
Michael Callas
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$23,000
Untitled
Robert Delval
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 1 inch
$125
Suzhou aux pastels - Chine
Thierry Machuron
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$682
D2
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$171
Habiter demain, Rose #002
Patrick Santoni
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,364
Township home #01
José Luis Lopez Lara
Sculpture - 24.2 x 16 x 25.7 cm Sculpture - 9.5 x 6.3 x 10.1 inch
$455
Les colonnes n°1
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,364
Some Letters Rejected to the Sender
Gianfranco Baruchello
Painting - 36.5 x 51 x 0.2 cm Painting - 14.4 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$10,799
FotoZeit Salzau
Boris Mikhailov
Photography - 30 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,410
Figure Collection : Dark version
Leni Smoragdova
Photography - 74.9 x 110 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,444
Les Remparts
Raoul Dufy
Painting - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Aquanaut London 3D Watches
Johann Perathoner
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Tour Eiffel #3
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 55 x 45 x 35 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 17.7 x 13.8 inch
$1,125
Gratte-ciel #3
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 156 x 24 x 29 cm Sculpture - 61.4 x 9.4 x 11.4 inch
$3,638
Gratte-ciel #2
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 156 x 29 x 24 cm Sculpture - 61.4 x 11.4 x 9.4 inch
$4,320
In Venice
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Le Pardon De Sigismund (La Vida Es Sueno)
Salvador Dali
Print - 57.5 x 79 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.6 x 31.1 x 0 inch
$1,023
Le Chant de l'Oiseau
Linda Clerget
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,069
Psychédélique village
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,705
Santorini streets - Greece
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 60 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$900
Night lights of Prague
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
Torreilles
Rodrigo Miguel Sepúlveda Nunes VILE
Painting - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$1,591
The red Carpet Treatment
Lilly Muth
Painting - 85 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
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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!