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Elizabeth Lunday

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I love telling stories about the arts, because art, literature, music and architecture can lift us out of our workaday muddling of laundry and dirty dishes and overflowing recycling bins and fill us with wonder, sorrow, amazement, and joy. Even more remarkable to my mind is that the people who create the experiences aren’t some sort of higher form of the species–artists aren’t separate from the rest of us. They are us, human, with all the foibles and follies that implies. (And oh how much fun those foibles are to recount!)

What makes artists different is their belief in possibilities. A painter believes he or she can take a blank canvas and some oily pigments and invent a new vision. Writers believe they can put one word in front of the othe ...more

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New book alert! Welcoming Scratch & Sniff Art History to the world!

Three years ago, I got an unexpected email from my agent. An editor wanted to talk to me about a very unusual project. The concept:

A scratch-and-sniff art history book.

Of course I needed to hear more about that. So emails were exchanged, phone calls were held, and in the fullness of time, I was researching and writing the text for the most delightfully silly project. And now Scratch & Sniff Art Hi

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	Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Master Painters and Sculptors by Elizabeth Lunday (Goodreads Author), Mario Zucca (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 1,530 ratings — published 2008 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Lives of Great Composers: What Your Teachers Never Told You About the World's Musical Masters by Elizabeth Lunday (Goodreads Author), Mario Zucca (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Art Invasion: Picasso, Duchamp, And The 1913 Armory Show That Scandalized America 4.04 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Art Invasion: Picasso, Duchamp, And The 1913 Armory Show That Scandalized America by Elizabeth Lunday, Lyons Press it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scratch and Sniff Art History: A Smellable Guide to Becoming an Art Expert it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Lives 2019 Day-to-Day Calendar: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Famous Artists, Writers, Politicians, and More! by Cormac O'Brien, Robert Schnakenberg, Elizabeth Lunday (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dans les poubelles des plus beaux musées du monde - Les vies inavouables et bien cachées des grands 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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