Tatlin's Tower: Monument to Revolution

by Norbert Lynton

An examination of the greatest unexecuted work of art of the 20th century

The plans for the gigantic Monument to the Third International were completed in 1920 by Vladimir Tatlin, the Russian painter and visionary designer who was a key figure of Russian constructivism. Planned as the headquarters and monument of the Comintern in Petrograd, it was to be made from industrial materials--iron, glass, and steel--as a towering symbol...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300111304
• ISBN13: 9780300111309
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.6" x 10.1"