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