In contemporary art, to “appropriate” means that an image _________.

a. is not a controversial one
b. is meaningful to the situation
c. has been borrowed from another source
d. is drawn with a greasy crayon
e. has been abstracted and simplified


c. has been borrowed from another source

a. Incorrect. An appropriated image may indeed be controversial.
b. Incorrect. While an artist will likely appropriate an image that is meaningful to the situation, this is not the meaning of the word.
c. Correct. An appropriated image has been borrowed from another source.
d. Incorrect. An appropriated image may be created in any number of media.
e. Incorrect. While an appropriated image may be simplified, that is not the meaning of the word.

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