APPROPRIATION

Appropriation

Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts .

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appropriation

Noun

  1. An act or instance of appropriating
  2. That which is appropriated
  3. public funds set aside for a specific purpose
  4. the use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work
  5. the assimilation of concepts into a governing framework


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