From 1800-1945, art became a new world. This word “modern” became arts new age way of life. With this new modernity came its symbol; the Statue of Liberty. However, society strived for better and to keep pushing the limits, especially in the architecture. For example, Vladimir Tatlin’s Model for the monument to the Third International was said to have been taller than the statue of liberty spiraling straight into the clouds. Gerrit Rietveld’s Schroeder House is considered one of the icons of the modern movement in architecture with his house of cubes. Archetecture has always pushed the limits of what is normal as it continually changes as time goes on.
Vladimir Tatlin’s Model for the monument to the Third International was originaly to house a telegraph office. A very big problem had presented itself. Tatlin was not an architect and did not care to bother with any of the engineering of the structure. The only thing that mattered to him was the art. Because of this, Tatlin’s tower never went passed the planning stage.
On the other end of the spectrum, Gerrit Rietveld was a well known architect. His modern Schroeder House had broken every rule in what a typical house should be. His open plan and strip windows astounded viewers as they were used to the typical confined spaces in each room. The colors on the cube-like exterior simply spit in the face of what was expected and what had worked in the past. His simple townhouse might was his first and most famous structure he designed.
Whether it is Tatlin’s tower as his dream could not quite become reality or in Rietveld’s Schroeder House where a simple townhouse could be so iconic, architecture is a large part of modern art. The possibilities are endless and can change the way we live and see the world. However, Tatlin showed the world that without all of the tools necessary for the job, an idea is all a person will receive.
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