Every artist stands on the shoulders of those who came before them. Van Gogh’s famous swirling skies were inspired by Japanese paintings– their unusual spatial effects, the expanses of strong colour, the everyday subjects, and the attention to detail from nature. Walt Disney’s characters drew from classic European style and fairy tales. Creativity thrives on inspiration, where the past gets entrenched into the present. In an era of strict intellectual property protection, the question that arises is when does borrowing elements from another work cross into plagiarism?
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