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