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