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