Monument to the Third International

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The Monument to the Third International was Vladimir Tatlin’s visionary, never-built spiraling tower that became an iconic symbol of Russian Constructivist architecture and revolutionary utopian ambition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Constructivist architecture ⓘ
architectural design ⓘ
monument design ⓘ
unbuilt architectural project ⓘ
utopian project ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tatlin’s Tower ⓘ
linked to: Tatlin
architect Vladimir Tatlin ⓘ
architecturalStyle Constructivism ⓘ
associatedWith Communist International ⓘ
linked to: Comintern

October Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
commissionedBy Bolshevik government ⓘ
contains cubical volume ⓘ
cylindrical volume ⓘ
pyramidal volume ⓘ
rotating geometric volumes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
creator Vladimir Tatlin ⓘ
depictedIn architectural models ⓘ
drawings ⓘ
photomontages ⓘ
designDate 1919 ⓘ
1920 ⓘ
designFeature dynamic geometric volumes ⓘ
helical steel framework ⓘ
tilted spiral form ⓘ
exhibitedAt Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
State Russian Museum ⓘ
linked to: Russian Museum
functionOfLowestVolume legislative body meeting space ⓘ
functionOfMiddleVolume executive activities ⓘ
functionOfUpperVolume information and communication center ⓘ
genre visionary architecture ⓘ
heightPlanned approximately 400 meters ⓘ
taller than the Eiffel Tower ⓘ
includes projected messages ⓘ
radio transmission facilities ⓘ
searchlights ⓘ
influenced high-tech architecture discourse ⓘ
later avant-garde architecture ⓘ
utopian architectural projects ⓘ
intendedLocation Petrograd ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad

Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg
intendedUse headquarters of the Communist International ⓘ
headquarters of the Third International ⓘ
materialPlanned glass ⓘ
steel ⓘ
movement Russian Constructivism ⓘ
notableAs canonical work of 20th-century avant-garde design ⓘ
icon of Russian Constructivism ⓘ
symbol of revolutionary modernity ⓘ
rotationPeriodOfCube once per year ⓘ
rotationPeriodOfCylinder once per day ⓘ
rotationPeriodOfPyramid once per month ⓘ
shape spiraling tower ⓘ
status never built ⓘ
unrealized ⓘ
symbolizes Soviet avant-garde ideals ⓘ
international proletarian solidarity ⓘ
revolutionary utopian ambition ⓘ
technological progress ⓘ

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Constructivism → keyWork → Monument to the Third International ⓘ
Russian Constructivism → notableWork → Monument to the Third International ⓘ
Vladimir Tatlin → notableWork → Monument to the Third International ⓘ
Vladimir Tatlin → notableWork → Monument to the Third International ⓘ
subject linked to: Tatlin
Letatlin → relatedWork → Monument to the Third International ⓘ
Monument for V. Tatlin series → inspiredBy → Tatlin’s Monument to the Third International ⓘ
linked to: Monument to the Third International