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