When an artist uses an artwork from the past
as the main subject matter for their own work,
it is called appropriating.
In doing this, artists
change and adapt the artwork to express
some artistic idea of their own.
Appropriating
is not about...
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When an artist uses an artwork from the past
as the main subject matter for their own work,
it is called appropriating.
In doing this, artists
change and adapt the artwork to express
some artistic idea of their own.
Appropriating
is not about creating an exact copy of an
existing artwork, but is about creating a
personal and imaginative interpretation of a
past work of art.
Year 9 Art
Appropriation
Painting
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