The Mona Lisa was painted by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci in the early 1500’s. Since that time, it has become one of the most famous and recognized works of art in the world. It is hard to imagine that da Vinci would have foreseen the following incarnation of his painting by Akiyoshi Kitaoka, but he certainly would have liked it. Her face appears to be unstable and moving.

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