THE "MONA LISA," ONE MASTERPIECE AMONG A MULTITUDE

RESIST THE ARROWS. 

We'll come to a better way to the see the painting toward which crowds head.

Concentrating on that particular work is arbitrary, for the Louvre exhibits at least 300 masterpieces:

   The Gallery of the Louvre by Samuel Morse, 1830-1832 / zoom

Morse (the code's inventor) 

included it in his imaginary museum,

but as one work among others.

We begin the visit with works

whose influence has been at least as great,

and that show monsters, drama and a queen.

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Next,

Art that tells stories