It would be crowned by an information center, complete with a projector to illuminate the sky, and was composed of three elements that were to revolve slowly at different speeds as the presence of people would continually transform its appearance.
It would be crowned by an information center, complete with a projector to illuminate the sky, and was composed of three elements that were to revolve slowly at different speeds as the presence of people would continually transform its appearance. By obeying his own dicta of "tektonika" and "faktura" [*] its creator sought to transform a glass cylinder, a glass cone, and a glass cube, into a spiral shaped structure that would combine utility with tribute. Commissioned in 1919 by the Revolutionary Department of Fine Arts, it was to be 400 meters high and according to the artist it was intended to be "a union of purely artistic forms for a utilitarian purpose." FTP identify this work which was to be Vladimir Tatlin's masterpiece.
It would be crowned by an information center, complete with a projector to illuminate the sky, and was composed of three elements that were to revolve slowly at different speeds as the presence of people would continually transform its appearance.
{Monument to the Third International}