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