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