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