Monument to Juri Lotman

Easy to find

Easy to find this metal sculpture on Vanemuise just up from the Vanemuine theatre. A walk around the metal pipe sculpture brings the form into a perfect outline portrait of this significance academic...

Never realised that is a monument to someone

It must have been nice as conceived, but when I saw it it was just a mass of twisted pipes, the fountains did not work and just a little stale water was left at the bottom of the pool. Definitely not ...

Horrible example of modern "art"

The "statue" of famous professor Lotman that is situated infront of the Tartu University library. It is ok looking as a fountain and offers a good sitting place for studying and book reading, but as ...

Nice idea and humorous memorial

Having read Lotman's pioneering "Semiotics of Cinema" (1976), I was delighted to find his self-caricature in 3D spouting out water in this fountain feature near Tartu University Library. You can also ...

The most famous modern professor of the University

An interesting fountain when it is actually working but could use some explanation and could add a splash of color like the fountains in Paris