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