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