The Paul Sacher Foundation (Basel), the Ivan Vyshnegradsky Society (Paris) and other collections preserve many light mosaic designs developed by the composer Ivan Vyshnegradsky for the project of the dome of the “Temple of Super-Art”. “Scriabin wanted to expand the space with colour; “I was thinking about forms,” he said. — Through the idea of a colour scale, the idea of shapes matured. I created a scale of 12 colours, kind of like in music. These 12 colours were thus quarter tones of colour. I was based on a rainbow, which has 6 colours – I hope no one will claim that there are seven of them!” (Ivan Vyshnegradsky: Pyramid of Life: Diary, articles, letters, memories, 2001, pp. 237). Vyshnegradsky called one of his works for six pianos in 1/12 tone “Rainbow” (op. 37, 1956).
Links to Third-Party Publications:
Ivan Vyshnegradsky: Pyramid of Life: Diary, articles, letters, memories // Russian musical abroad in materials and documents. Book 2 / Comp. and ed. A. L. Bretanitskaya, publ. E. G. Poldyayeva. M.: Publishing house “Composer”, 2001; Alexandrina V. M., Spiridonova A. M., Kolganova O. V., Buccio D. 3D visualisation of the project of the “Temple of Super-Art” of Ivan Vyshnegradsky (1916–2025) // The Art of Sound and Light: Galeev Readings: Materials of the International Research and Practice Conference (Kazan, July 3–6, 2025) / “Bulat Galeev–Prometheus” Foundation; ed.-comp. A. B. Maksimova, ed. O. V. Kolganova. – Kazan: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, 2025. pp. 186–191. https://www.academia.edu/143010521/3D_visualisation_of the project_Temple_of_super-art_Ivan_Vyshnegradsky_1916_2025_3D_VISUALIZATION_OF_THE_TEMPLE_OF_SUPER_ART_PROJECT_BY_IVAN_VYSHNEGRADSKY_1916_2025_
