This was interesting and I finished it but I lost interest in it a little bit through, probably because I was thinking that this was going to be a mostly picture book style informative book which is on me. I should've looked into the book a bit more before requesting it, but it was still a good book regardless.

CLASSICAL NEW YORK: DISCOVERING GREECE AND ROME IN GOTHAM describes the influence of classical art and architecture on New York’s most famous buildings and works of art. Written by a range of experts in architectural history, archaeology, the classics, art history, and history, CLASSICAL NEW YORK demonstrates these similarities in such buildings as Federal Hall, reflective of the Parthenon; the Libraries at New York and Columbia universities suggestive of the Pantheon; the Baths of Caracalla impacting the form of Pennsylvania Station; and Rockefeller Center itself an imaging of Prometheus and Atlas. Offers an imaginative education in multiple disciplines as it reveals the roots of a great modern city. Highly recommended!

Pub Date 04 Sep 2018

Thanks to Fordham University Press and NetGalley for the ARC. Opinions are fully mine.

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