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