Monument Mendeleev Dmytriy

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev monument. Established before the chemical body (№4) in 1995. Sculptors: Kiselev Yu, Shvetsov B .; Architect: B. Sobtsov

A bronze sculpture of the scientist in Professor's hat and robe set on a low plinth of concrete, lined with granite, between two horizontal ceiling with red polished granite. On the male side of the stele to the left, engraved table of chemical elements DI Mendeleev with annotative words and facsimile scientist ceiling on the right - the text-dedication. Strictly symmetrical composition, dynamic silhouette and plastic unison solution architecture of the building housing the chemical forms emotionally sated force field. Figure scientist interpreted realistically, elegant design meets generalized forms a vertical rhythm mantle folds, providing columnar weighty monumental sculpture. Installation of the monument without a pedestal just before the body gives it vital credibility. This principle, along with "kulisnistyu" constructive plan concept in common piece of monumental sculpture tradition beginning. 20 in., Including modernism. The authors failed to reveal the psychological characteristics of the image, while maintaining a portrait likeness (long hair, beard parted). Scientist shows a concentrated, immersed in his thoughts, with characteristic hard intellectual work detached from everything vain gesture of tired eyes and hands. This figurative composition of the figure D. Mendeleev contribute to its harmonious connection with the atmosphere hamirlyvoho modern student life and help preserve historical distance.

Engraved on the pedestal: "Opыtъ system эlementovъ, osnovannoy on yhъ atomnomъ vese and hymycheskomъ similarity"

On the backside of the pedestal inscribed, erected to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of DI Mendeleev 100 years from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute with the support of Ukrainian Chemical Society and graduate Chemical Engineering Department.
Sculptors: Yu Kiselev, V. Shvetsov
Architect: B. Sobtsov
Opened in 1995.