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