John Ruskin’s Europe. A Collection of Cross-Cultural Essays
With an Introductory Lecture by Salvatore Settis
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abstract
L’opera di Ruskin s’inscrive con forza nel grande contesto europeo, segnando un momento importante del movimento di costituzione di una cultura e di uno spirito comunitari. I saggi qui raccolti intendono porre al centro della riflessione critica il tema del rapporto fecondo e imprescindibile di Ruskin con l’Europa, presentandosi come occasioni di approfondimento e di confronto su questioni attinenti all’estetica, alla tutela del patrimonio materiale e immateriale, alla memoria culturale e letteraria. Portando all’attenzione della comunità scientifica i molteplici aspetti – geografici, storico-artistici, critico-estetici, letterari, socio-politici – dell’opera di Ruskin secondo prospettive inter- e transculturali, il volume si propone di (ri)scoprire un Ruskin deliberatamente europeo e di stimolare nuove rotte di ricerca.
Christian socialism • Optical thinker • Ornament • Socialism • Unto this Last • Design • Intentionality • Bridges • French Gothic architecture • Version • Restoration • Czech • Poland • Reception of Classical Antiquity • Giacomo Leopardi • Aesthetics • Cultural Heritage Conservation • Medieval Monuments in Italy • Medieval Art • Liberalism • Aesthetics of the 19th and 20th century • Democratic Liberal • Sketching • Lady Gregory • Dante Alighieri • Religious monuments • Nationalism • Disorientation • Robert de la Sizeranne • Magazine “The Studio” • Social reform • Byzantine Sculptures • Dwelling in • “Grand contexte” • Observation • Kenji Miyazawa • Anti-capitalism • Palermo • The Bible of Amiens • Taishō Era • Marxism • Anglo-Italian Cultural Relationship • Liberal Italy • Translation • Adult Education • Carl Justi • State Museum Berlin • Rasu Chijin Kyōkai (Rasu Farmers Association) • Anti-industrialism • Queen of the Air • Amelia Sarah Levetus • Charlotte Broicher • Phenomenology • Memory • Viollet-le-Duc • Abandonment • Il Marzocco • Old Road • Guild of St George • Architecture • Anglo-Austrian Cultural Relationship • Venice • Ruins • Roads • Radicalism • Drawing • Comparatism • Modern Japan • Working Men’s College • Francesco Pajaro • Transcultural history • The Story of Ida • Leo Tolstoy • Composition • François-René de Chateaubriand • Social change • Museums of Venice • Travel • Shelter • Arts and Crafts Schools • Cardinal Manning • Europe • Imaginary geography • Marcel Proust • Ruskin’s reception • Klosterhof Glienicke • Yule family • Photography • National heritage • Russia • Roadside Songs of Tuscany • Nōmin-Geijutsu (Peasant Art) • La Bible d’Amiens • Gothic cathedrals • Lev Tolstoj’s reception in Italy • Lady Layard • Potsdam Friedenskirche • Political economy • Gustav von Waagen • Italian Folk poetry • Fioretti di San Francesco • Islam • Gothic • Johan Joachim Winckelmann • Calais’ experience • Orient • Tourism • Aratra Pentelici • Perception • Legacy • Cultural heritage • Interpretation • William Wordsworth • Hungary • Francesca Alexander • Arts and Crafts Movement • Novelty • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • Ruskin • Archival documents • Anti-machinism • Art Market • Sicily • Marx • John Ruskin • Turner • Travel writing • Reception of Ancient Greek Art • Spuybroek • Humanity • Europe awareness • Degrowth • Frédéric Ozanam • European aesthetics