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