Sperling (art, Denison U.) considers how 30 great works of art such as the Mona Lisa and the Statue of Liberty have become part of popular culture. She begins by exploring the role of travel, tourism, photography, and books in making certain ancient monuments world famous. Other topics include, for example, how coffee-table books helped make a number of Italian Renaissance paintings ubiquitous, how marketing embedded a number of modern memorials in the public consciousness, and how twentieth-century artists endeavor to strike a balance between critical and popular fame. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)