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