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