Search results
29 cze 2016 · Zurab Tsereteli's monumental statue of Christopher Columbus was meant to be a 500th anniversary gift to the US in 1992, but no one wanted it.
It was however never built, and, after a few changes to the design –most importantly the replacement of Christopher Columbus’s head by the one of Peter the Great-, the monument was finally erected in Moscow (Russia).
Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli (Georgian: ზურაბ კონსტანტინეს ძე წერეთელი, Russian: Зураб Константинович Церетели; born 4 January 1934) is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments.
Originally designed by Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli as a monument to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first voyage, Birth of the New World was constructed in 1991.
Birth of a New Man (Spanish: Nacimiento de un Hombre Nuevo), popularly known as el huevo de Colón [1] ("the Columbus' egg"), is a monument in Seville, Spain. It is a work by Zurab Tsereteli, [2] consisting of a colossal statue representing Christopher Columbus partially enfolded by an egg-like shell.
Zurab Tsereteli, who is also a Hero of Socialist Labour, has headed the Russian Academy of Arts for nearly a quarter of a century.
The 350 ft. statue, Birth of the New World, designed by Georgian-Russian painter Zurab Tsereteli was installed in Arecibo, Puerto Rico in 2016. The large statue of Columbus, weighing over 6,500 tons, was originally planned to be a donation to the United States, to honor the 500 th anniversary of Columbus’s landfall in 1492.
