Williams is acclaimed for her sharp writing and scholarly depth - she won a £1m advance from Penguin to write two historical novels, the first of which is about to be published.

Packed with pretty images and elegant models, the exhibition lacks the scholarly depth you might have hoped for on a subject that has mesmerized architects and planners since the 1980's.

Packed with pretty images and elegant models, this exhibition lacks the scholarly depth you might have hoped for on such a mesmerizing subject.

And the splendid catalogue, with more than 40 color pages of paintings, a comprehensive account of the drawings, and essays by Mr. Goldner and other appreciators, gives scholarly depth to a marvelous visual experience.

A faculty committee cited "serious concerns about lack of scholarly depth" in her work.

All that being true, anyone who attempts to deal with Romanticism in scholarly depth must bring to the task not only musical and historical expertise but unquenchable optimism.

Like Isaac Asimov, he is "on fire to explain," and doesn't "indulge in scholarly depth."

"I've been involved in a lot of searches, and it's hard to find certain combinations: administrative skill, scholarly depth, personal presence," said Joel Connaroe, the president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.