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