Naistevastane vägivald Eesti dekadentlikus kunstis
Violence Against Women in Estonian Decadent Art

Summary/Abstract: The focus of this article is Estonian decadent art of the early twentieth century, which manifests masculinised sexual violence. More specifically, violence against women presented from a male perspective, with the male subject as the perpetrator. The study seeks to fill a gap in the history of Estonian art, which omits the analysis of depictions of sexual violence, although visualisations of aggression and dark desires were common in the art of the time. These depictions of sexual violence were related to the processes taking place in the Estonian society, which were connected with both fixed and changing perceptions of sexuality. The topic analysis is done on the works of six male artists: Aleksander Promet, Eduard Wiiralt, Erik Obermann, Gori, Nikolai Triik and Voldemar Kangro-Pool.

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