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Preface: A New Start 1
Introduction 7
Reconnaissance of the Terrain 7
The Myth of Classical Emulation 25
Pt. 1 The Political Economy of the Greek Revival 57
The World of the Founders 59
The Age of Jackson and Biddle 89
Pt. 2 A Case Study: The Forest and Milford 121
Pt. 3 Reviving Greece 161
The Birth of the Greek Revival 167
Pt. 4 A Second Case Study: The Interior 249
The Psychology of the Interior: American and European Revivalists 269
Pt. 5 The Decline of the Greek Revival 281
Pt. 6 A Hasty History of the Later Renaissance 321
Appendix A A Speculation on Power and Sex in Greek Revival America 387
Appendix B Some Questions about Columns 395
Appendix C A Gazetteer of Important Greek Revival Buildings in the United States Today 398
Endnotes 423
Bibliography 437
Index 445
Acknowledgments 453
Picture Credits 455
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Stephen Kubacki
reviewed Greek Revival America on November 08, 2012 Greek Revival America
I enjoyed this well-researched portrayal of Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work. I felt it was equally balanced between his background, life as an architect and his personal life. As Huxtable points out over and over, FLW created Frank Lloyd Wright, even fudging his birth date to make himself younger than he actually was. He might be the definition of a difficult creative genius.
I am fascinated by FLW. I've read a lot about him, visited many of his buildings around the country as well as Taliesin (Wisconsin) and watched Ken Burns biography on PBS. Reading this biography didn't tread much new ground, but I'm still glad I did. The thing I appreciated the most was Huxtable's reference to other works about FLW throughout the book as well as an extensive bibliography.
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