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Mona Lisa in Camelot : how Jacqueline Kennedy and Da Vinci's masterpiece charmed and captivated a nation / Margaret Leslie Davis.
LIBRA ND623.L5 D35 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Margaret Leslie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Mona Lisa.
- Leonardo.
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy.
- Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions--History.
- Art, Modern.
- History.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- x, 278 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Da Capo Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- The art enthusiasts
- A whispered promise
- An unexpected request
- Bombshell in the Louvre
- "La Joconde must not leave!"
- Chat with the Mona Lisa
- The queenly voyage
- The director's inspection
- An evening to remember
- "Let them see a little Rembrandt, too"
- Manhattan falls in love
- The city of light beckons
- Epilogue: Final bows.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780738211039
- 0738211036
- OCLC:
- 227327964
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