Work
Monument to the Third International (Tatlin's Tower)
Explore in the Atlas →Tatlin's unbuilt 400-metre spiralling steel-and-glass tower for the Comintern, the icon of Soviet Constructivism uniting revolutionary politics and dynamic form.
Power Fantasy Ephemerality
Details
- Type
- Project
- Location
- Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- exemplifies Russian Constructivism
Referenced by
- Vladimir Tatlin authored
Sources
- Norbert Lynton. Tatlin's Tower: Monument to Revolution. Yale University Press, 2009.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Monument to the Third International (Tatlin's Tower)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/monument-to-the-third-international/. Accessed July 17, 2026.