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Appropriation

Bacon studio material, leaf from book, Eadweard Muybridge, The Human Figure in Motion (Dover Publications, New York, 1955). Collection: Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane © The Estate of Francis Bacon

Artistic appropriation is when an artist uses a specific pre-existing image as a basis or starting point for his or her own artistic creation. Appropriated images are sometimes altered significantly from their original form.