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