Elizabeth Lunday: 3 books
Modern Art Invasion
Picasso, Duchamp, and the 1913 Armory Show That Scandalized America
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
The story of the most important art show in U.S. history. Held at Manhattan’s 69th Regiment Armory in 1913, the show brought modernism to America in an unprecedented display of 1300 works by artists including Picasso, Matisse, and Duchamp, A quarter of a million Americans visited the show; most...
Secret Lives of Great Composers
What Your Teachers Never Told You about the World's Musical Masters
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
True tales of murder, riots, heartbreak, and great music.
With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Gioachino Rossini (draft-dodging womanizer) to Johann Sebastian Bach (jailbird) to Richard Wagner (alleged cross-dresser), Secret Lives of Great Composers recounts the seamy, steamy, and...
Secret Lives of Great Artists
What Your Teachers Never Told You about Master Painters and Sculptors
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
With outraeous anecdotes about everyone from Leonardo (alleged sodomist) to Caraviaggio (convicted murderer) to Edward Hopper (alleged wife beater), Secret Lives of Great Artists recounts the seamy, steamy, and gritty history behind the great masters of international art. You’ll learn that Michelangelo’s...