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