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