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