Mona Lisa in Camelot: How Jacqueline Kennedy and Da Vinci's Masterpiece Charmed and Captivated a Nation
- ISBN-10
- 1458778665
- ISBN-13
- 9781458778666
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-10-01
- Publisher
- ReadHowYouWant.com
- Author
- Margaret Leslie Davis
Description
In 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy tirelessly campaigned to debut Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in New York. And as only Jacqueline Kennedy could do, she infused America's first museum blockbuster show with a unique sense of pageantry, igniting a national love affair with the arts.
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- 2008-11-04
- 290 pages
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