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

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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, it, en

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