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