John Ruskin’s Europe. A Collection of Cross-Cultural Essays

With an Introductory Lecture by Salvatore Settis

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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.

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

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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-487-5 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-487-5 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-488-2 | Number of pages 448 | Dimensions 24x22cm | Published Dec. 15, 2020 | Language en, it, fr

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