John Ruskin’s Europe. A Collection of Cross-Cultural Essays

With an Introductory Lecture by Salvatore Settis

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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.

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

Thema codes AGA • DSB • 1D

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-487-5 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-487-5 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-488-2 | Number of pages 448 | Dimensions 24x22cm | Published Dec. 15, 2020 | Language it, fr, en

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