THE RESEARCH GROUP OF CULTURAL AND LITERARY THEORY
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VIRVE SARAPIK
Main publications



Monographs
  • Keel ja kunst. oxymora 3. Tallinn: Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus, 1999, 336 pp. ['Language and Art'.]

Books
Articles
  • How to Write Soviet Estonian Art History: Three Attempts, from Stalinism through the Khrushchev Thaw and Beyond. - Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi / Studies on Art and Architecture, vol 24, no 3-4, 2015, pp 150-167.
  • Young Estonia and The Early Twentieth-Century Cultural Utopias. - Journal of Baltic Studies, vol 45, no 2, 2014, pp 207-228.
  • Disainikateedri algus. Immitsev utoopia / The Beginnings of the Department of Design: A Seeping Utopia. - Mart Kalm (toim), Kunsttööstuskoolist Kunstiakadeemiaks. 100 aastat kunstiharidust Tallinnas / From the School of Arts and Crafts to the Academy of Arts. 100 Years of Art Education in Tallinn. Tallinn: Eesti Kunstiakadeemia Kirjastus, 2014, pp 332-363.
  • Kunstnik ja pärisnimi. Raul Meele juhtum / The Artist and the Proper Name. The Case of Raul Meel. - Eha Komissarov, Ragne Nukk, Raivo Kelomees (toim), Raul Meel. Dialoogid lõpmatusega / Dialogues with Infinity. Tallinn: Eesti Kunstimuuseum, 2014, pp 137-174.
  • Semiotics at the Crossroads of Art. - Semiotica, no 195, 2013, pp 69-96.
  • Virve Sarapik, Piret Viires, Solitude in Cyberspace. - Pille Runnel, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Piret Viires, Marin Laak (toim), The Digital Turn. User’s Practices and Cultural Transformations. Frankurt-am-Main: Peter Lang Verlag, 2013, pp 237-249.
  • Autumn in a new residential area. - Interlitteraria, vol 16, no 2, 2011, pp 502-519.
  • Film Reception in Estonia in the Early 20th Century: From Fairground Shows and Conjurer Acts to Respectful Drawing-Room Entertainment. - Kinokultura: New Russian Cinema, Special Issue 10: Estonian Cinema, 2010. Goest editors: Eva Näripea, Ewa Mazierska, Mari Laaniste.
  • V. Sarapik, P. Viires, Solitude in Cyberspace. - Agnes Aljas, Raivo Kelomees, Marin Laak, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Pille Runnel, Piret Viires etc (eds), Transforming culture in the digital age. Tartu: Estonian Literary Museum, 2010, pp 351-355.
  • Anti-futurism of Young Estonia literary movement. - Interlitteraria, vol 14, no 1, 2009, pp 142-161.
  • Picture, Text and Imagetext: Textual Polylogy. - Semiotica, no 174, 2009, pp 277-308.
  • Semi-closed openness: transformations of Estonian art and 'meta-art' in the 1990s. – Cornelius Hasselblatt (ed), The End of Autonomy? Studies in Estonian Culture. Maastricht: Shaker Verlag, 2008, pp 69–84.
  • _topias and Islands. – Virve Sarapik, Kadri Tüür (eds), Koht ja paik/Place and Location. Studies in Environmental Aesthetics and Semiotics III. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Arts 14. Tallinn: 2003, pp 107–128.
  • Landscape: The Problem of Representation. – Virve Sarapik, Kadri Tüür, Mari Laanemets (eds), Koht ja paik/Place and Location II. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Arts 10. Tallinn: 2002, pp 183–200.
  • Estonian Art of the 1990s and the Postsemiotic Turn. – Sirje Helme, Johannes Saar (eds), Nosy Nineties. Problems, Themes and Meanings in Estonian Art on 1990s. Tallinn: Center for Contemporary Arts in Estonia, 2001, pp 279–313. / 1990. aastate eesti kunst ja postsemiootiline pööre. – Sirje Helme, Johannes Saar (eds), Ülbed üheksakümnendad. Probleemid, teemad ja tähendused 1990. aastate eesti kunstis. Tallinn: Kaasaegse Kunsti Eesti Keskus, 2001, pp 281–314.
  • Artist and Myth. – Folklore, vol 15, 2000, pp 39–59.
  • Fish: Concerning Characters and Action. – Folklore, vol 14, 2000, pp 7–40.
  • A Verbal Space – Intersecting The Visible. – Kaia Lehari, Virve Sarapik, Koht ja paik/Place and Location I. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Arts 8. Tallinn: 2000, pp 90–111.
  • The Problem of Titles in Painting. – Sign System Studies, vol 27, 1999, pp 148–167.
  • The Rainbow, Colours and Science Mythology. – Folklore, vol 6, 1998, pp 7–19.
  • Red, The Colour and The Word – Folklore, vol 3, 1997, pp 93–131.
  • The Rainbow and Science Mythology. – H. Arnkil, E. Hämäläinen (eds). Aspects of Colour. Publication Series of UIAH 42. Helsinki, 1995, pp 209–216.

Books and articles in Estonian