John Ruskin’s Europe. A Collection of Cross-Cultural Essays
With an Introductory Lecture by Salvatore Settis
edited by
abstract
Ruskin’s work is strongly embedded in the broad European context, marking an important moment in the movement for the establishment of a community culture and spirit. The essays collected here intend to place the theme of Ruskin’s fruitful and vital relationship with Europe at the centre of a critical reflection, opportunities for an in-depth study and a discussion on issues related to aesthetics, the protection of tangible and intangible heritage, cultural and literary memory. By bringing to the attention of the scientific community the multiple aspects – geographic, historical-artistic, critical-aesthetic, literary, socio-political – of Ruskin’s work from inter- and transcultural perspectives, the volume aims to (re)discover a deliberately European Ruskin and to stimulate new research paths.
Christian socialism • Spuybroek • Translation • Lady Layard • La Bible d’Amiens • Old Road • John Ruskin • Adult Education • Charlotte Broicher • Anti-industrialism • Nōmin-Geijutsu (Peasant Art) • Political economy • Venice • Europe • Gustav von Waagen • European aesthetics • Restoration • Ruins • Version • Liberalism • The Story of Ida • Anglo-Austrian Cultural Relationship • Nationalism • Europe awareness • Anti-capitalism • Democratic Liberal • Islam • Palermo • Museums of Venice • Francesco Pajaro • Arts and Crafts Movement • Marcel Proust • Roadside Songs of Tuscany • Interpretation • Hungary • Disorientation • Aesthetics • Johan Joachim Winckelmann • Potsdam Friedenskirche • Aesthetics of the 19th and 20th century • Comparatism • Design • Yule family • Arts and Crafts Schools • Magazine “The Studio” • Tourism • Degrowth • Carl Justi • Reception of Classical Antiquity • Liberal Italy • Marx • Italian Folk poetry • Observation • Orient • Roads • Working Men’s College • Ruskin’s reception • Reception of Ancient Greek Art • Gothic • Cardinal Manning • Ornament • Religious monuments • Shelter • Viollet-le-Duc • Sketching • Imaginary geography • Gothic cathedrals • Cultural Heritage Conservation • Anti-machinism • Abandonment • François-René de Chateaubriand • Byzantine Sculptures • Perception • Bridges • Giacomo Leopardi • Archival documents • Czech • Memory • Frédéric Ozanam • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • The Bible of Amiens • Unto this Last • Poland • Ruskin • Klosterhof Glienicke • Travel • Architecture • Fioretti di San Francesco • Transcultural history • Guild of St George • Composition • Modern Japan • Queen of the Air • Cultural heritage • Novelty • Rasu Chijin Kyōkai (Rasu Farmers Association) • Medieval Art • Intentionality • Kenji Miyazawa • Marxism • “Grand contexte” • Humanity • Drawing • Dante Alighieri • National heritage • Taishō Era • Lev Tolstoj’s reception in Italy • French Gothic architecture • Radicalism • Amelia Sarah Levetus • Anglo-Italian Cultural Relationship • Photography • Robert de la Sizeranne • Travel writing • Legacy • Socialism • State Museum Berlin • Turner • Calais’ experience • Francesca Alexander • Leo Tolstoy • Medieval Monuments in Italy • William Wordsworth • Dwelling in • Lady Gregory • Russia • Social change • Social reform • Art Market • Aratra Pentelici • Sicily • Il Marzocco • Phenomenology • Optical thinker