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Elizabeth
Lunday is an experienced freelance journalist specializing in art, architecture,
urban design, green building and literature.
A mixed
bag? Sure. In writing, anything is possible.

Joining
the blogging universe
Visit The Map-Maker's Mother
-- a blog about parenting in uncharted territory.
Now
available: Secret
Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Great
Painters and Sculptors.Learn the seamy, steamy, and gritty history
behind your favorite masterpieces!
"History's
Wildest Ballet Riot: The most infamous riot in the history of
the performing arts began with the violins in Stravinsky’s “The Rite of
Spring.” But more remarkable than the fistfight was the way the piece
revolutionized classical music and ballet." mental_floss,
July/August 2008.
"Texas
Archaeological Dig Challenges Assumptions about First Americans. Ancient
stone artifacts reveal the day-to-day lives of Clovis people while offering
tantalizing clues of an even earlier culture." ScientificAmerican.com,
July 2008.
"Ride
over for Houston's Carousel House." Houston architectural
advocates lose a battle to save a Modern icon--one with a unique story
involving fast cars, high-powered attorneys, and the occasional exotic
dancer. Architectural Record, January 24, 2008.

From art
masterpieces to heart health, I've written about it. Check out my clips
for an overview of my published articles.

After traveling
from Berlin to Bangladesh, I settled in my Greenwich Village loft to enjoy
the literary life. Oh, wait, that was someone else. For the real (and
somewhat less exciting) story, read on.
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What
People are Saying about Elizabeth:
"This
is one of those books you buy to give to someone else and decide
to keep for yourself." -- Krys Boyd, host of KERA's Think! talk
show, on Secret Lives of Great Artists.
Lunday
gives a quick but detailed history of the Notre Dame Cathedral,
touching on its pioneering of Gothic architecture, the two centuries
it took to build, and the didactic role its stained-glass windows
played when the cathedral was constructed. She doesn't delve too
deeply into any one aspect of the cathedral -- which may be a
letdown for history or art enthusiasts -- but Lunday does offer
some digestible takeaway facts about the structure's importance
in history, architecture, and even popular culture.
-- Review of Masterpiece #99: The Notre Dame
Cathedral in the November/December 2007 issue of Mental
Floss by the magazine content summary site Brijit.
As
a frequent contributor to trade publications such as Planning
and Urban Land, Lunday is a pro at being immersed in
the obscure. . . . But don't typecast her as "that structural
engineering chick." . . . Lunday proves that once you've
written about wastewater management, you can write about anything.
-- Contributor's
Notes, Mental Floss, Nov./Dec. 2005.
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