Copying

In artIn visual art, copying the works of the masters is a standard way that students learn to paint and sculpt. Often, artists will use the term after to credit the original artist in the title of the copy (regardless of how similar the two works appear) such as in Vincent van Gogh's "First Steps (after Millet)" and Pablo Picasso's "Luncheon on the Grass, after Manet" (based on Manet's well-known work). In sculpture, copies have often been made using devices such as the pointing machine, the pantograph or, more recently, computer guidedrouter systems that scan a model and can produce it in a variety of materials and in any desired size. Another way of copying three-dimensional works is by lost-wax casting and other forms of molding and casting. In literaturePrior to the invention of the printing press, the only way to obtain a copy of a book was to copy it out by hand (see scrivener). Throughout the Middle Ages, monks copied entire texts as a way of disseminating and preserving literary, philosophical and religious texts. In office workOffices need more than one copy of a document in a number of situations. They usually need a copy of outgoing correspondence for their records. Som