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.
Gothic • Reception of Ancient Greek Art • Sicily • Reception of Classical Antiquity • Abandonment • Turner • Medieval Art • Hungary • Archival documents • Legacy • Ruins • “Grand contexte” • Travel writing • The Story of Ida • Humanity • Magazine “The Studio” • Perception • Roads • Lady Gregory • European aesthetics • Radicalism • Orient • Arts and Crafts Schools • Comparatism • Ornament • William Wordsworth • Cultural heritage • Anti-industrialism • Disorientation • Composition • François-René de Chateaubriand • Interpretation • Amelia Sarah Levetus • Anti-machinism • Klosterhof Glienicke • Religious monuments • Liberalism • Bridges • Rasu Chijin Kyōkai (Rasu Farmers Association) • Taishō Era • Guild of St George • National heritage • The Bible of Amiens • Imaginary geography • Restoration • Queen of the Air • Anglo-Austrian Cultural Relationship • Art Market • Liberal Italy • Social change • Memory • Adult Education • Arts and Crafts Movement • Gothic cathedrals • Aesthetics • Anti-capitalism • Poland • Cardinal Manning • Intentionality • Modern Japan • Europe awareness • Johan Joachim Winckelmann • Sketching • Yule family • Ruskin’s reception • Frédéric Ozanam • Design • Old Road • Aratra Pentelici • Degrowth • Islam • Cultural Heritage Conservation • Spuybroek • Roadside Songs of Tuscany • Calais’ experience • Nōmin-Geijutsu (Peasant Art) • Museums of Venice • Byzantine Sculptures • Fioretti di San Francesco • Marx • Medieval Monuments in Italy • State Museum Berlin • Gustav von Waagen • Unto this Last • Palermo • Travel • Tourism • Version • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • Architecture • Marcel Proust • Shelter • Kenji Miyazawa • Venice • Europe • Nationalism • Photography • Il Marzocco • Robert de la Sizeranne • Social reform • Aesthetics of the 19th and 20th century • Francesca Alexander • John Ruskin • La Bible d’Amiens • Marxism • Lev Tolstoj’s reception in Italy • Charlotte Broicher • Optical thinker • Transcultural history • Leo Tolstoy • Phenomenology • Working Men’s College • Socialism • Giacomo Leopardi • Czech • Dwelling in • Lady Layard • Observation • French Gothic architecture • Dante Alighieri • Christian socialism • Political economy • Ruskin • Anglo-Italian Cultural Relationship • Francesco Pajaro • Viollet-le-Duc • Carl Justi • Potsdam Friedenskirche • Translation • Drawing • Novelty • Democratic Liberal • Italian Folk poetry • Russia