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