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

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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 it, en, fr

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