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