John Ruskin’s Europe. A Collection of Cross-Cultural Essays
With an Introductory Lecture by Salvatore Settis
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abstract
L’opera di Ruskin s’inscrive con forza nel grande contesto europeo, segnando un momento importante del movimento di costituzione di una cultura e di uno spirito comunitari. I saggi qui raccolti intendono porre al centro della riflessione critica il tema del rapporto fecondo e imprescindibile di Ruskin con l’Europa, presentandosi come occasioni di approfondimento e di confronto su questioni attinenti all’estetica, alla tutela del patrimonio materiale e immateriale, alla memoria culturale e letteraria. Portando all’attenzione della comunità scientifica i molteplici aspetti – geografici, storico-artistici, critico-estetici, letterari, socio-politici – dell’opera di Ruskin secondo prospettive inter- e transculturali, il volume si propone di (ri)scoprire un Ruskin deliberatamente europeo e di stimolare nuove rotte di ricerca.
François-René de Chateaubriand • Ornament • Frédéric Ozanam • Medieval Monuments in Italy • Taishō Era • Hungary • Gothic • Marx • Klosterhof Glienicke • Cultural Heritage Conservation • Photography • The Bible of Amiens • Kenji Miyazawa • Liberalism • Venice • Degrowth • Intentionality • Robert de la Sizeranne • Dante Alighieri • Art Market • Religious monuments • Abandonment • Queen of the Air • Restoration • Il Marzocco • Comparatism • Old Road • Anti-capitalism • John Ruskin • Ruskin’s reception • National heritage • Lady Layard • Anglo-Austrian Cultural Relationship • Roadside Songs of Tuscany • Social change • Imaginary geography • Working Men’s College • Novelty • Perception • Aesthetics of the 19th and 20th century • Carl Justi • Democratic Liberal • Optical thinker • Anti-machinism • Czech • Palermo • Ruins • Design • Europe awareness • Sicily • Humanity • Socialism • William Wordsworth • Lev Tolstoj’s reception in Italy • Islam • Orient • Version • French Gothic architecture • Aratra Pentelici • Disorientation • Reception of Classical Antiquity • Museums of Venice • Bridges • Magazine “The Studio” • Transcultural history • Architecture • Observation • Francesca Alexander • Roads • Unto this Last • La Bible d’Amiens • The Story of Ida • Translation • Italian Folk poetry • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • Russia • Anglo-Italian Cultural Relationship • Interpretation • Amelia Sarah Levetus • Social reform • Christian socialism • Turner • Liberal Italy • Medieval Art • Sketching • Gustav von Waagen • Guild of St George • Poland • Reception of Ancient Greek Art • Memory • Giacomo Leopardi • Archival documents • Modern Japan • Legacy • Nationalism • Gothic cathedrals • Travel • Drawing • Travel writing • Cultural heritage • Anti-industrialism • Lady Gregory • Yule family • “Grand contexte” • Spuybroek • Calais’ experience • Phenomenology • State Museum Berlin • Francesco Pajaro • Political economy • Adult Education • Nōmin-Geijutsu (Peasant Art) • Europe • Arts and Crafts Schools • Johan Joachim Winckelmann • Ruskin • Potsdam Friedenskirche • Cardinal Manning • Byzantine Sculptures • Arts and Crafts Movement • Aesthetics • Dwelling in • Leo Tolstoy • European aesthetics • Radicalism • Fioretti di San Francesco • Rasu Chijin Kyōkai (Rasu Farmers Association) • Charlotte Broicher • Shelter • Composition • Marxism • Viollet-le-Duc • Marcel Proust • Tourism