Jameson

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting has taken different form much throughout recorded history. A lady is a lady is a lady. No matter how many takes there are on the da Vinci classic, it will always remain to the viewer the Mona Lisa.

I feel that in order for any painting or work of art to have legitimacy, it must be first well revered in the context in which it was painted. In other words, it must have meaning to be loved. The Mona Lisa strikes me as a loved piece. Artists who feel the need to recreate it inherently have a love of the piece.

This is postmodernism. The trends or movements in art that react or reject the dogma, principles, and practices of established modernism. In light of recreating the Mona Lisa, da vinci's international style and encouraging use of elements from his preffered styles often play with complexity and can be seen in recreation.

Jameson would dub the photo to the left a challenge to"meta-narrative"-an abstract idea thought to be a comprehensive explanation of historical experience or knowledge. This is good for society and drives artists to question ubiquitous norms.