![]() The present dilemma is prompted by Rococo: The Continuing Curve. Which tack is fair and which is not? It is difficult to know how to proceed. But what if it is not clear what a publication is about or what it was intended to achieve? The reviewer’s task becomes a bit more difficult. ![]() They should answer the implicit question: What did this book set out to achieve and how well did it do it? These directives are all fair enough and easily understood in the abstract. They should attend to what a book does rather than what it does not do. It is generally agreed that reviewers should assess publications on the basis of what they are rather than what they are not. numerous color and bw illus., bibliography, index. New York: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2008. ![]() Davidson, Ellen Lupton, and Penelope Hunter-Stiebel. ![]()
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