Three FrenchmenEiffel, Lesseps, and Bartholdiwere the moving spirits<P> behind all four colossi. This highly original book by Darcy Grigsby, a professor<P> 2<P> of art history at Berkeley, presents their extraordinary, interlinked history. It<P> begins with Napoleon in Egypt and ends with the building of the Panama Canal.<P> The Suez Canal, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, and a few other<P> colossal enterprises come in between. The book brings engineering into the<P> history of art for the first time. Amply illustrated, it crosses between the<P> histories of art, technology, and engineering as well as with cultural and<P> political history.