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More Than Its Timeless Beauty

-Exploring the Legacy of Mona Lisa Through Its Possibility

Authors
Shidongsheng Bi1, *
1School of Art History, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98105, US
*Corresponding author. Email: bsds2019@uw.edu
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Shidongsheng Bi
Available Online 31 December 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_9How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Leonardo da Vinci; Mona Lisa; Marcel Duchamp; Psychological Symbolism; Freud
Abstract

Nearly 100 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci innovated against iconography and built sensual connections through portraits, setting the work apart from the portrait’s antecedents. Centuries later, Mona Lisa remains its symbol of mastery, desire, and mystery, never stopping adding to the repertoire of humankind. As the most famous portrait worldwide, Mona Lisa dominates its commanding place in various forms, including art, writings, fashions, advertising, cartoons, parodies, and even popular culture of memes. This research explores the significance of emotional expressiveness generated by the Mona Lisa and how its psychological symbolism evolved and transformed into narrative drama in other formats. This research adopts a series of case studies from Leonardo’s interiority and dexterity during creation, Sigmund Freud’s reveal of myth under the soul, Marcel Duchamp’s readymade art, today’s popular culture of Meme, the vehicle in the music industry towards identity politics, and muse in fashion industry. Those results indicate a significant sensitivity to the psychology and emotion expressed in the work of Mona Lisa, which marks a critical threshold in the global content that never ceases to inspire generations.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2023 5th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 December 2023
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10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_9
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_9How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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