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