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