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Monumental
Intolerance Jean Baffier, a Nationalist Sculptor in Fin-de-Siècle
France Neil McWilliam
October 2000 | 8 1/2 x 11 inches
Art History, History - European
Hardback: $79.00 SH
ISBN: 978-0-271-01965-9
Little
known today, Jean Baffier (1851-1920) was never far from the headlines
during his own lifetime. Born into a poor peasant family, he became
a self-taught sculptor whose work ranged from decorative objects to
portrayals of peasant life and public monuments. But Baffier would
probably not have received wide public attention if he had not also
become a folklorist, a promoter of regional culture, and a militant
nationalist with beliefs so violent that he attempted a political
assassination.
Monumental Intolerance explores the full gamut of Baffier's
activities and shows that he was pursuing a vast scheme of national
purification and rebirth. Neil McWilliam's discussion of the historical
issues surrounding Baffier opens an extraordinary perspective on
the culture wars and political struggles of a turbulent period in
French history.
This book will interest the art-historical community and historians
of fin-de-siècle France.
Neil
McWilliam is a Professor of the History of Art at the University
of Warwick. His previous books are Bibliography of Salon Criticism
in Paris from the July Monarchy to the Second Republic, 1831-1850 (Cambridge 1991) and Dreams of Happiness: Social Art and the French
Left, 1830-1850 (Princeton).
