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