Published Books

The Estonian Academy of Arts Press is a subdivision of the Estonian Academy of Arts, which publishes both translated as well as original texts about art history and culture, design, architecture and fine arts.

The publications of the Estonian Academy of Arts are listed below in order of publication, i.e. the list starts with the most recently published book. See the books on sale HERE. Books are on sale in the EKA library Mon-Fri 10-18, Sat 11-15.

All questions regarding retail and wholesale can be addressed to the EKA publisher.

Neeme Lopp
neeme.lopp@artun.ee

“Nähtamatu monumentaalmaal: EKA maalitudengite monumentaalkunst 1962–1995”

The book, which was prepared in conjunction with the EKA Museum's exhibition "Invisible Monumental Painting" in the EKA Gallery, provides an overview of the monumental art created by painting students between 1962 and 1995 for the first time. ...

7 October 2020

Jean Baudrillard “Kunsti vandenõu”

The Estonian version of "The Conspiracy of Art" is a collection of essays on art by Jean Baudrillard, which he wrote between 1987 and 2007. The title of the collection comes from a scandalous article he published in 1996, in which he attacks ...

27 August 2020

Proceedings of the Faculty of Architecture no. 10

Collection of presentations from the conference "Space and Digital Reality". The conference took place on September 11, 2019 at the Estonian Academy of Arts and was part of the TAB 2019 program of the Tallinn Architecture Biennale. The ...

13 August 2020

Claudia Pasquero “Polycephalum” (Dissertationes 28)

Claudia Pasquero, PhD student of the Estonian Academy of Arts, Curriculum of Architecture and Urban Planning defended her thesis “Polycephalum: Aesthetic as a measure of ecological intelligence in Architecture and Urban ...

1 August 2020

Doctoral School Faculty of Architecture

“Eesti kunsti ajalugu 4: 1840–1900” (edited by Juta Keevallik)

The fourth volume of the "History of Estonian Art" offers an overview of the architecture and art of the middle and second half of the 19th century. It was a time of rapid and revolutionary changes, when the modernization of society was ...

1 June 2020

Leonhard Lapin “Valge”

What is white? White is an integral part of our life. Everything begins and ends in white. Leonhard Lapin has written down his notes on white, white spirituality on white paper. He meditates on the presence of white in nature, history, visual ...

13 May 2020

“Eesti linnaehituse ajalugu. Keskajast tsaariaja lõpuni”

"History of Estonian Urban Planning" is the first book that deals with the formation, development, and in some cases also the demise of all historical cities that remain on the territory of today's Estonia from the Middle Ages to the First World ...

20 December 2019

Maris Mändel “Tehiskivimaterjalid eesti 20. sajandi arhitektuuris. Kasutuslugu ja väärtustamine” (Dissertationes 29)

Could the most common building material be so valuable that it should be considered for preservation and restoration as a precious original material? The doctoral thesis shows that in some cases it is possible. The problem of valuation is ...

14 December 2019

Ezio Manzini “Disain, kui kõik disainivad. Sissejuhatus sotsiaalset innovatsiooni edendavasse disaini”

What is the role of design in a world moving to a sustainable model? Today, each of us is a designer to some extent. The technological revolution that has taken place in the last couple of decades provides certain possibilities for bringing ...

10 December 2019

Mark Fisher “Kapitalistlik realism: kas alternatiivi ei ole”

Mark Fisher's book is a revelatory description of the social and cultural atmosphere of the past few decades, which the author refers to as "capitalist realism" and which represents the "broad recognition that capitalism is not only not the only ...

9 December 2019

“EKA animatsiooni osakonna 28 filmi – 114 auhinda / 28 Films from the Animation Department – 114 Awards”

All films included with the book! In 2006 the Estonian Academy of Arts launched the project “Priit Pärn back to Estonia”. Initial funds were received from Europe and the very same year EKA established the Department of Animation with the ...

23 September 2019

“EKA keraamika / EKA Ceramics”

This publication introduces the activities of the Ceramics Department of EKA in the last five years. The print is intended as informative material for entrants and to introduce EKA Ceramics outside of Estonia. Compiled / Edited by: Urmas ...

21 September 2019

“Rahutu “Hommik”. Dolores Hoffmanni freskopannoo “Hommik” (1963) hävi(ta)mine ja päästmine endises Rahu kinos Koplis”

In 1963, Dolores Hoffmann, a later well-known monumentalist and seasoned lecturer, who mainly made her name as a stained-glass artist, painted the gigantic wall panel "Hommik" ("Morning") of the corresponding "Rahu" cinema. As far as is known, ...

15 September 2019

Kädi Talvoja “Karm stiil eesti kunstiajalookirjutuse kontekstis. Severe Style in the Context of Estonian Art History Writing” (Dissertationes 27)

This dissertation addresses the historical meaning and role of Severe Style in the Estonian context. Although Severe Style marked a key breakthrough in Stalinist Socialist Realism dogmas in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this step was not ...

23 May 2019

John Berger “Nägemise viisid”

John Berger's book "Ways of Seeing" changed the way people thought about art and art criticism. This translation of Berger's seminal work shows how what we see is always influenced by a whole host of preconceptions about beauty, truth, ...

20 March 2019

Varvara Guljajeva “From Interaction to Post-Participation: The Disappearing Role of the Active Participant” (Dissertationes 26)

Varvara Guljajeva's artistic research based doctoral thesis "From interaction to post-participation: the disappearing role of the active participant" analyzes and contextualizes passive interaction with the audience from the point of view of ...

21 December 2018

“Nähtamatu monumentaalmaal: EKA maalitudengite monumentaalkunst 1962–1995”

Jean Baudrillard “Kunsti vandenõu”

Proceedings of the Faculty of Architecture no. 10

Claudia Pasquero “Polycephalum” (Dissertationes 28)

“Eesti kunsti ajalugu 4: 1840–1900” (edited by Juta Keevallik)

Leonhard Lapin “Valge”

“Eesti linnaehituse ajalugu. Keskajast tsaariaja lõpuni”

Maris Mändel “Tehiskivimaterjalid eesti 20. sajandi arhitektuuris. Kasutuslugu ja väärtustamine” (Dissertationes 29)

Ezio Manzini “Disain, kui kõik disainivad. Sissejuhatus sotsiaalset innovatsiooni edendavasse disaini”

Mark Fisher “Kapitalistlik realism: kas alternatiivi ei ole”

“EKA animatsiooni osakonna 28 filmi – 114 auhinda / 28 Films from the Animation Department – 114 Awards”

“EKA keraamika / EKA Ceramics”

“Rahutu “Hommik”. Dolores Hoffmanni freskopannoo “Hommik” (1963) hävi(ta)mine ja päästmine endises Rahu kinos Koplis”

Kädi Talvoja “Karm stiil eesti kunstiajalookirjutuse kontekstis. Severe Style in the Context of Estonian Art History Writing” (Dissertationes 27)

John Berger “Nägemise viisid”

Varvara Guljajeva “From Interaction to Post-Participation: The Disappearing Role of the Active Participant” (Dissertationes 26)

“Representatsioon” (edited by Stuart Hall, Jessica Evans, Sean Nixon)

Graeme Brooker, Sally Stone “Vorm ja konstruktsioon sisearhitektuuris” (Basics of Interior Architecture 1)

“The New Building of the Estonian Academy of Arts” (edited by Mart Kalm)

“SNUD. Protocols II. The Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture Guest Speaker Series 2013–2015”

Ülo Pikkov “Anti-Animation: Textures of Eastern European Animated Film” (Dissertationes 25)

“Tööstuskunstist tootedisainini. Artikleid 1934–2018” (edited by Karin Paulus)

“Arhitektuur ja soojusmõõde” (Library of Ehituskunst #2)

Fideelia-Signe Roots “Naine kui kangelane” (Dissertationes 24)

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