The Horn Book Guide

THE ARTS

Macaulay, David

Built to Last

272 pp. | Houghton | October, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-547-34240-5 $24.99

(1) 4-6 Cathedral, Castle, and Mosque are substantially revised for an omnibus celebration. Color has been added, and larger, more active figures heighten detail. Compositions are more animated, showing varied visual points of view. Reorganization of the texts, too, facilitates understanding of both construction processes and how the societies functioned. The whole conveys a clearer--and more dramatic--sense of the magnitude of these undertakings. Glos.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2010