Ruskin’s Islamic Orient and the Formation of a European Ideal

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dc.contributor.author	Zaman Mujadad
dc.title	Ruskin’s Islamic Orient and the Formation of a European Ideal
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dc.description.abstract	The Ruskinian attitude towards the non-European, and in particular, the Islamic ‘other’, may at first seem definitive. This position being made evident from Ruskin’s descriptions of the lugubrious nature of Islam’s sacred scripture, its peoples, arts and Weltanschauung. This paper argues, contrary to this bien pensant view, that Ruskin’s oeuvre intimates an ongoing, lasting and unfinished discussion with the Islamic Orient, from the earliest drafts of The Stones of Venice to later discourses on morality, history and religion. Whilst the sympathies for the refinement and delicacy of Islamic art and its influences upon the Venetian Gothic are well documented in the literature, Ruskin’s engagement with Islam (both positive and negative) has yet to be fully explored. This paper endeavours to warp and weft the strands of these ideas into a sustained discussion of Ruskin’s ideals in his oeuvre.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sources, Literatures, Arts & Landscapes of Europe
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-12-15
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dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-487-5/020
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dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-488-2
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-487-5
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Aesthetics
dc.subject	Aesthetics
dc.subject	Europe
dc.subject	Europe
dc.subject	Gothic
dc.subject	Gothic
dc.subject	Islam
dc.subject	Islam
dc.subject	Orient
dc.subject	Orient
dc.subject	Ruskin
dc.subject	Ruskin

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Ruskin’s Islamic Orient and the Formation of a European Ideal

Mujadad Zaman University of Tübingen, Deutschland

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The Ruskinian attitude towards the non-European, and in particular, the Islamic ‘other’, may at first seem definitive. This position being made evident from Ruskin’s descriptions of the lugubrious nature of Islam’s sacred scripture, its peoples, arts and Weltanschauung. This paper argues, contrary to this bien pensant view, that Ruskin’s oeuvre intimates an ongoing, lasting and unfinished discussion with the Islamic Orient, from the earliest drafts of The Stones of Venice to later discourses on morality, history and religion. Whilst the sympathies for the refinement and delicacy of Islamic art and its influences upon the Venetian Gothic are well documented in the literature, Ruskin’s engagement with Islam (both positive and negative) has yet to be fully explored. This paper endeavours to warp and weft the strands of these ideas into a sustained discussion of Ruskin’s ideals in his oeuvre.

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Dec. 15, 2020

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Keywords: Gothic • Orient • Aesthetics • Islam • Europe • Ruskin

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