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Tag Archives: Louvre

How the theft of the Mona Lisa helped make it an enduring cultural work

Posted on February 16, 2012 by legallysociable

I stumbled upon this story again when looking for an example of cultural production for one of my classes. This is a fascinating tale: “How the Mona Lisa became the world’s most famous painting.”

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