Tatlin’s most famous work is his architectural plans for “Monument to the Third International.” As a founding father of the Constructivist style, Tatlin sought to make beauty out of every day materials. This monument would have dwarfed the Eiffel Tower in Paris, reinforcing the rhetoric of Russian Supremacy. This tower was never built due to … Continue reading Vladimir Tatlin
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A member of the Russian Avant-Garde, Ilya Golosov was one of many who embraced a modernist stance on literature, art, and architecture. An architect himself, Golosov embraced the progressive ideals of his other Avant-Garde associates and like other members of the Avant-Garde and the Peredvizhniki, studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpure, and Architecture. He […]
While the structure above looks like a gigantic, confusing roller coaster, it actually is an impressive and ambitious blueprint for the Comintern headquarters. Vladimir Tatlin’s “Monument to the Third International” is meant to be both a work of art for the world to marvel and a functional structure with an important purpose. Tatlin aimed to make […]
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