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

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, en, fr

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