Leonardo DaVinci’s masterpiece, The Mona Lisa, is the most notable and cited painting in history. Many parodies of this work of art portray conceptual ideas (Marsili et al., 2019). One example of the creative parodical pictures is Corregio’s (2016) image that illustrates a young woman in the present-day clothes taking a photo of herself. The choice fell on this art because most youth can rely on depicted Lisa’s portrayal. The picture attracts attention with the model’s amusing posture and the outfit that is far distinctive from the original work one. It illustrates the modern trend on selfies, the self-made photos of the person holding the camera, among young ladies, and the importance of social media like Instagram in the lives of the people who live in the contemporary world. The author is trying to show how women nowadays are dependent on public opinion. In addition, most teenage girls have similar pictures with identical stances and impressions, making it hard to differentiate one girl from another. The image possibly links to the problem that there is a lack of individuality due to globalization. The drawing of Mona Lisa is the most well-known piece of art left from the Italian Renaissance. It is her face that first comes to people’s minds when they imagine the woman of that period. That is why her image often serves as a representative of the average woman of her period. Therefore, rather than the original drawing’s mockery, parodies of The Mona Lisa are a ridicule of the modern social trend. Illustrators attempt to demonstrate the common social problems of the 21st century by altering the most familiar artwork to people.
References
Corregio. (2016). Mona Lisa (Sousa, B., art.) [Image]. Imgur. Web.
Marsili, L., Ricciardi, L., & Bologna, M. (2019). Unraveling the asymmetry of Mona Lisa smile. Cortex, 120, 607–610. Web.