Kurja lillede lapsed. Eesti dekadentlik kunst : = Children of the flowers of evil. Estonian decadent art

Abstract: This project is an intriguing study of the searches of creatively active people at the beginning of the 20th century, and their reactions to the changing and modernising world. Comparative links between literature and fine arts have been established, and the critical and blasé artists and writers of European metropolises and the first generation of Estonian intelligentsia have been juxtaposed. Charles Baudelaire?s authoritative poems serve as the background against which the attitudes and approaches of a number of Estonian writers and artists, including Friedebert Tuglas, August Gailit, Johannes Semper, Erik Obermann, Eduard Wiiralt, Konrad Mägi and Nikolai Triik, to the fashionable word of the time,?decadence?, become evident. Light is also shed on the more melancholy, sexual, (self- )destructive and sickly aspects of their creative work. The aim of this exhibition and book, however, is not to retell the story of the life and work of a few artists, but rather to provide a more general analysis of the decadent spirit of early-20th-century art and literary circles. Thus, the choice of materials for this exhibition is, in fact, a broad visual-cultural study embracing a noteworthy number of Estonian artists and involving a large number of works from the cross-over area between art and literature: prints, book illustrations and book plates. A number of works that ended up being reproduced in this book have never been discussed in Estonian art history before, and this is the first time they are presented to the general public.00Exhibition: Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia (09.09.2017-25.02.2018)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Children of the flowers of evil. Estonian decadent art ; Children of the flowers of evil. Estonian decadent art
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9789949485680
• Dimensions: 26 cm
• Extent: 238 Seiten
• Notes: Illustrationen ; Summary in english

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Künste, Bildende Kunst allgemein

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Tallinn
• (who): Kumu Art Museum
• (when): 2017
• Contributor: Hinrikus, Mirjam

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/1192022157/04
• Rights: Bei diesem Objekt liegt nur das Inhaltsverzeichnis digital vor. Der Zugriff darauf ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 11.06.2025, 2:20 PM CEST