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