Post-Modernism

^ reproduction of Van Gogh's Sunflowers

I really was captured by the artwork on page 48. It depicted Mona Lisa saying "the more Van Gogh's 'sunflowers' becomes a poster cliche, the more you have to pay for the original!"..with a picture of a dollar bill with Van Gogh's 'sunflowers' replacing washington on the bill. I think it is quite humorous because it is a statement that is so true. Many famous pictures have been reproduced so many times that the actual piece itself becomes 'hidden' in a sea of fauxs and parodies. The more acient or distant an original piece is, the more people wish to have it for themselves, and the more money is spent at hoity-toity auctions for the rich that can afford these paintings.

Other Example:

Andy Warhol---"Marilyn Monroe"
da Vinci-----"Mona Lisa" and "Last Supper"