Reviews for Greek Revival America

The average rating for Greek Revival America based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-18 00:00:00 Bertrand Lemoine This is my first ever Rizzoli book I do not like. For such a heavy book (and price) I thought this would be at least 75% glossy photos with good text descriptions. Instead, I got a book that is mostly text and VERY heavy on history and politics with not nearly enough photos to satisfy me. If I wanted a book like that, I would have bought a history book, and that's coming from someone whose favorite subject to read about is history! Wish I could send it back.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-11-08 00:00:00 Stephen Kubacki 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.