MONUMENTS
MONUMENT TO ALEXANDER TAMANYAN
1974
State index: 1.6.120
Architect: Seda Petrosyan
Sculptor: Artashes
Hovsepyan
The monument is dedicated to the founder
of Armenian new architecture, academician of architecture, People's Architect
of the Armenian SSR Alexander Tamanian (1878–1936). He is the author of the
general plan of Yerevan (1924). The monument is located at the intersection of
Tamanyan-Moskovyan streets, at the beginning of the Tamanyan park, next to the
Cascade complex.
The ceremonial opening of the monument
took place on June 26, 1974. A 3-meter-high basalt sculpture of the architect
is erected on a platform (0.45 × 10 × 12 m) made of gray, polished granite.
Tamanyan is depicted on a table built of hewn basalt blocks, in a crouched
position, with a long shawl reaching down to his heels on his shoulders. The
stones on which the architect is leaning symbolize the architecture of the old
(left) and new (right) periods, and Tamanyan, standing between them, seems to
be building a bridge between the past and the present, forming a harmonious
combination of national and modern styles in the urban planning of Yerevan.
The sculpture is made of two whole blocks
of stone and is distinguished by its grandeur, clear volume and maximum
laconicism. The face is reproduced with portrait accuracy. On the side of the
granite platform, from the side of Moskovyan Street, is carved:
ARCHITECT ALEXANDER TAMANYAN
In the right corner of the platform is
depicted the Tamanyan master plan of Yerevan (2.5 × 2.5 m), near which are
engraved the poetic lines of Yeghishe Charents (1936), dedicated to the great
architect.
HE
SAW, PROBABLY, A SUNNY CITY.... YEGHISHE CHARENTS
The entire composition is placed on a
basalt base (0.60 × 25 × 24 m), on the right side of which is a fountain.
The monument, with its figurative and
compositional solutions, is among the most original monumental works of
Yerevan.
