Estonian art history
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TITLE. Change of Perspective. The Tallinn Period (1906–1909) and its Aftermath in the Life and Painting of Vilhelms Purvītis ANNOTATION. All biographies of the prominent Latvian landscape painter Vilhelms Purvītis (1872–1945) and almost... more
Ristimiskivi oli keskaegses kihelkonnakirikus üks tähtsamaid liturgilisi esemeid, mida kasutati esimese ehk ristimise sakramendi läbi viimisel. Sageli on keskaegsed ristimisnõud ka vanimateks säilinud kirikukunsti teosteks meie... more
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the restoration of Estonia's independence, it has become commonplace to emphasize that at least during the latter stages of Soviet occupation most Estonian artists (or at least those with... more
Conventionally, the Estonian architecture history tends to address the late Soviet postmodernism up to the mid-1980s, and then resume with buidlings of the independent republic from the mid-1990s. The period in between constitutes a kind... more
Katrin Kivimaa "Rahvuslik ja modernne naiselikkus eesti kunstis 1850-2000" põhineb autori Leedsi Ülikoolis kaitstud doktoritööl, mis keskendus sellele, kuidas soolisustatud kujutised ja kriitikamudelid on vorminud kunsti loomist ja... more
Paper presented at the NNCORE conference at Helsinki University, May 2013. Brief analysis on Priit Pärn's comic book for children called Tagurpidi (transl. In Reverse) from 1980, with a focus on the avant-garde influences and potentially... more
Estonia's most outstanding collection of ecclesiastical art from the Medieval and Early Modern periods is exhibited at the Niguliste Museum, a branch of the Art Museum of Estonia. With rich pictorial material, this over 100-page book... more
Doktoritöö. Doctoral Dissertation. TALLINNA ÜLIKOOL HUMANITAARTEADUSTE DISSERTATSIOONID TALLINN UNIVERSITY DISSERTATIONS ON HUMANITIES 49 Juhendajad / Supervisors: Krista Kodres, PhD, Eesti Kunstiakadeemia professor, Tallinna Ülikooli... more
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Western-established dichotomy between style and ideology, embodied by modernism and realism, was dominant. This dichotomy tended to suppress, marginalize or ostracize realism in the Soviet Union by reducing it... more
Uurimus on kirjutatud Rannarootsi Muuseumi tellimusel 2005. aastal. Kasutada võib viitega autorile. MK. 16.02.2020
Whose rules determine how space is used or shared? Whose identity does a room express? The home is the place where power relations are established and contested. The article looks at how modern living space has shaped and been shaped by... more
This article reflects on the current explanatory value of concepts such as postsocialism and Eastern Europe by exploring how they are represented in contemporary art projects in Estonia. Through an overview of recent exhibitions in which... more
In this chapter, I cast a gaze across the globe to consider artistic practices that suggest novel methods of addressing the gaps in material culture, or, the complete erasure of the subjectivity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer,... more
Anu Põder (1947–2013) was one of the most significant and fascinating artists of contemporary Estonian sculpture and installation art. Her career began in the 1970s and continued actively until the 2000s. Most of her work dealt with... more
Арт-критик Валерий Леденёв поговорил с директором KUMU — искусствоведом Кади Полли об особенностях восприятия прибалтийско-немецкого искусства и социалистического реализма в современной Эстонии, о беби-буме в музейной сфере в стране в... more
До конца апреля 2020 года в Художественном музее KUMU в Таллине работала выставка «Самовоссоздание. Эмансипированная женщина в эстонском и финском искусстве», посвященная искусству художниц двух северных стран и охватывающая период с... more