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. |