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