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