Mass production
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| - | {{Template}} | + | [[Image:Mona Lisa (ca. 1503-1507) - Leonardo da Vinci.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''''Mona Lisa''''', or '''''La Gioconda.''''' '''''(La Joconde)''''', is a [[16th century]] [[oil painting]] by [[Leonardo da Vinci]], and is one of the most [[famous]] paintings in the world. It has acquired an [[iconic]] status in [[popular culture]]. In [[1963 in art|1963]], [[pop art]]ist [[Andy Warhol]] started making colorful [[serigraphy|serigraph]] prints of the ''Mona Lisa''. Warhol thus consecrated her as a modern icon, similar to [[Marilyn Monroe]] or [[Elvis Presley]]. At the same time, his use of a stencil process and crude colors implies a criticism of the [[debasement]] of [[aesthetic]] values in a society of [[mass production]] and [[mass consumption]]. Today the ''Mona Lisa'' is frequently reproduced, finding its way on to everything from carpets to mouse pads.]]{{Template}} |
| Although the term [[mass production]] is generally used to refer to [[Henry Ford]]'s Ford Model T assembly lines, mass production in the [[publishing]] industry has been commonplace since [[woodblock printing|popular prints]] of the Middle Ages, [[old master print]]s of the [[Renaissance]] and [[Johannes Gutenberg]]'s [[Gutenberg Bible|Bible]]. | Although the term [[mass production]] is generally used to refer to [[Henry Ford]]'s Ford Model T assembly lines, mass production in the [[publishing]] industry has been commonplace since [[woodblock printing|popular prints]] of the Middle Ages, [[old master print]]s of the [[Renaissance]] and [[Johannes Gutenberg]]'s [[Gutenberg Bible|Bible]]. | ||
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Although the term mass production is generally used to refer to Henry Ford's Ford Model T assembly lines, mass production in the publishing industry has been commonplace since popular prints of the Middle Ages, old master prints of the Renaissance and Johannes Gutenberg's Bible.
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