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