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

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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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