: Millions of people who had never cared for art were suddenly following the "missing lady" in daily newspapers. 🎨 Dadaism and Subversion
By the mid-20th century, the painting became a symbol of mass production. mona-lisa-20th-century-thumb.jpg
: His 1963 work Thirty Are Better Than One used silk-screening to repeat the image dozens of times. : Millions of people who had never cared
The "20th-century version" of the Mona Lisa is less about Leonardo’s brushstrokes and more about how the world looks at, steals, mocks, and reproduces beauty in the age of mass media. The "20th-century version" of the Mona Lisa is
: In 1919, he created L.H.O.O.Q. , simply drawing a mustache and goatee on a postcard of the painting.
Before 1911, the Mona Lisa was famous among art critics but wasn't the household name it is today.