DAY 10:

LOUVRE:

Any initial impressions? Any personal highlights? Anything seem particularly pre-new media?

Were any of the things in there not particularly "art"? So then, what were they?

When did Europe come up with the idea of "art"?
{about the same time they came up with the idea of "science."}

Why is the Mona Lisa more famous than other paintings?

Explain what Walter Benjamin means by "aura"? How is "aura" related to what is happening in the Mona Lisa gift shop and the Mona Lisa room?