An extremely interesting question.
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Ryan T. Pozzi
On This Day: May 2
In 1913, the Mona Lisa returned to the Louvre after two years missing. Before the theft? Admired. After? A global icon.
She wasn’t famous until she vanished.
What does that say about art? About the way absence makes us assign value?
#OnThisDay #ArtHistory #MonaLisa #Legacy
In 1913, the Mona Lisa returned to the Louvre after two years missing. Before the theft? Admired. After? A global icon.
She wasn’t famous until she vanished.
What does that say about art? About the way absence makes us assign value?
#OnThisDay #ArtHistory #MonaLisa #Legacy
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