John Ruskin’s Europe. A Collection of Cross-Cultural Essays

With an Introductory Lecture by Salvatore Settis

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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.

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

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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-487-5 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-487-5 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-488-2 | Number of pages 448 | Dimensions 24x22cm | Published Dec. 15, 2020 | Language fr, en, it

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