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

With an Introductory Lecture by Salvatore Settis

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  • Emma Sdegno - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Martina Frank - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Myriam Pilutti Namer - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Pierre-Henry Frangne - Université Rennes 2, France - email

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

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, it, en

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