Mona Lisa

I believe that Marcel Duchamp was trying to make a statement when he edited the infamous Mona Lisa painting. L.H.O.O.Q was placed on the bottom of the piece in order to make fun of how serious of a painting it was. Art was changing with impressionism and exact, serious portraits like that of Mona Lisa were being replaced. Duchamp was using a play on words in order to make the viewer think that the Mona Lisa was horny. The mustache he drew across her face was also implying the same. It is completely comical.