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