Reading Ruskin’s Cultural Heritage - Conservation and Transformation

John Ruskin's critical commentary on culture and society, transformative in his time, established him as a leading critic of the 19th century. His prescient thinking resonates with today's issues in cultural heritage conservation. This volume presents his ideas in context, extracts from his works and future directions for his foundational ideas.

List of contents

Introduction – today; Part 1: Reading and reception; 1 Reading Ruskin on cultural heritage; 2 Lost in translation? Reception in Britain and beyond; Part 2: Making conservation histories; 3 Large principles of right; 4 Restoration and conservation futures; Part 3: Transforming orthodoxies; 5 Ruskin’s landscape gaze: environment and the cultural landscape; 6 Ruskin on craft and labour; Afterword - tomorrow

About the author

Dr. Gill Chitty is former Reader in Conservation Studies and an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Archaeology, University of York

Summary

John Ruskin's critical commentary on culture and society, transformative in his time, established him as a leading critic of the 19th century. His prescient thinking resonates with today’s issues in cultural heritage conservation. This volume presents his ideas in context, extracts from his works and future directions for his foundational ideas.

Product details

• Authors: Gill Chitty, Chitty Gill
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032480954
• ISBN: 978-1-032-48095-4
• No. of pages: 164
• Weight: 330 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Architecture, Cultural Studies, ARCHITECTURE / General, ART / Museum Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies