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