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