Mary Phelan Contributing Writer

I am an art historian, magazine editor, design philosopher and fiction writer. I am also a sometime artist and photographer. I write for and edit Artyfacts.info, an online arts magazine that I founded with a colleague in 2004. It can be accessed on www.artyfacts.info

I present my thoughts on architecture, design and popular culture in a weekly blog. These interests have proven fertile ground for the books I have written, am writing, and will write (watch this space). And it all started with the Roman writer, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio.

I graduated in 2001 from University College London, with a degree in the History of Art. Within six months, I had a feature on the Roman writer, Vitruvius, published.Between 2002 and 2003, I had three more features on building and architecture published by Property People magazine.

By now, I was working asadvisory reader for Cambridge Publishing Management.I worked on the new translation of the Benezit art historical dictionary, checking the text for translation, spelling and grammatical errors. I also checked art historical facts and assisted in compiling and updating bibliographies.

In 2004, I became co-founder of Artyfacts.info, online arts magazine. I took a magazine concept from scratch, designed the initial pages and created the graphics. Since our launch, the readership of Artyfacts has gone onwards and upwards. I now write fortnightly editorials and contribute features, images and photographs. We are constantly seeking ways to evolve Artyfacts, strengthening our appeal to both new and existing readers.

In the meantime, my thoughts on building, architecture and housing had burgeoned and grown into a series of illustrated essays,which I turned into a book and published in 2008 on Lulu.com, Where Do You Live? A New Look At Old Houses, (ISBN 9780955941900).

But the lure of fiction is as strong as ever, and I will continue to write.

Latest Articles
Academy of the Lynxes: Science, Art & Nature in Renaissance Italy
A brief explanation of an institution that flourished while Europe was moving from medieval superstition to scientific enlightenment.
May 20, 2011 - Mary Phelan
The Artist's Shop: Dyes, Yolks and Gold Leaf in Medieval Florence
An exploration of the intimate intertwining of art and commerce in medieval Florence.
May 12, 2011 - Mary Phelan
The Watchers and the Watched
An exploration of the surveillance culture through history and literature, what it is, how did it originate, and how it affects everything that we do.
May 5, 2011 - Mary Phelan
Savonarola: Mystic or Medieval Miscreant?
This charts the life, times and death of Girolamo Savonarola, a medieval monk, mystic and ultimately, miscreant.
Apr 23, 2011 - Mary Phelan
Galileo: Music, Maths and Cosmic Spheres
It is impossible to sum up Galileo Galilei in a few words. He was a mathematician, writer, inventor and physicist before the profession had been defined.
Mar 26, 2011 - Mary Phelan

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