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Estonian art is art that comes from Estonia, from Estonian artists or art pieces relating to Estonia. Estonian art is said to have started since the Stone Age time (9000 – 4200 B.C.). The Stone Age era art was found in caves and natural underground tunnel systems, these paintings were found all over Estonia. Estonian art is mostly realism but Estonia also has surrealism. Estonian art from the 1200s to the 1500s are quick, simplistic and flat, they would only have 2 subjects in the foreground and the background would be the interesting feature by holding all the information in each image. The art depicts mostly common situations such as a picnic or a family dinner.
History
Prehistoric art
Gothic art
Gothic art in Estonia was mostly found in churches and cathedrals, these churches and cathedrals had paintings and sculptures of religious figures in them. Most of them had Christian symbolism in paintings (most of which were over 8 feet tall); these painting would show Jesus and his disciples in a very artistic and symmetrical way. The Gothic Age in Estonia started around 1200 and ended around 1600, the art paintings from the start of this era were paintings about gods and their disciples (mostly portraying Jesus). The Church of the Holy Spirit, one of more famous churches found in Estonia, has a Gothic interior and exterior. The art on the sides of the loft (above the pews) is about Jesus and his journey to enlighten people. The paintings do not have a known artist but it is known that the artist painted them in the first half of the 1300s.
Medieval
Most of the Estonian art in the medieval period (mid-1500s to the 1700s) was inspired by Swedish art. The medieval art style would show the concepts of death and battle. Most pieces of art from this era would be flat and would not resemble reality. The art pieces would have skeletons and walking corpses, these would symbolize the death of people from the wars they had with the Swedish forces.
Soviet era
During the Soviet rule (from 1940-1991), the art movement of socialist realism emerged. Socialist realism would show the struggles of the people that were affected by Soviet rule; it would show the struggles of the middle to lower class households in workplace scenarios or as a family in a home. This period of art was not as popular when compared to other art periods.
The Great World Wars
The most notable work is The Bronze Soldier (made by Enn Roos and Supervising architect Arnold Alas) it was unveiled on the 22nd September 1947 on the second anniversary of the Soviet Red Army re-entering Tallinn in September of 1944. It was originally a war memorial for the people lost in the Second World War, and was moved between several war graves, but subsequently was put at the Tallinn military cemetery where it still resides.
Post Independence Era
Estonia started
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- http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=7246
- http://noar.eu/en/artist/nelly-drell/
- http://kareg.com/Canada.pdf
- http://www.academia.edu/download/28324375/AHAB_2_2007_anu_mand.pdf