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