This recreation of Leonardo De Vinci's Mona Lisa was done in 1919 by Marcel Duchamp. By adding facial hair and labeling it after translation"her ass is on fire" Duchamp gave Mona Lisa, and women as a whole new freedom. Not only was it different then what was done in art in the past but it was the end of WWI and it was a point in history where women were coming into their own. Throughout the war the women held the fort and worked while their husbands and brothers were gone at war. So, when the men returned, if they did at all, the women had experienced something that they werent going to let go of. Mona Lisa, a portrait of a woman with a very deceiving look upon her face; you can't tell if she's happy or sad. You just don't know what she is thinking. By Duchamp adding some elements it really hides her identity and what she stands for. I think this gives women power and a slight rising in status. She has more freedom, the freedom to do whatever and think whatever she likes.
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