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