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In the arts[edit]
Invention has a long and important history in the arts. Inventive thinking has always played a vital role in the creative process.^[24] While some inventions in the arts arepatentable, others are not because they cannot fulfill the strict requirements governments have established for granting them. (see patent).
Some inventions in art include the:

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  Collage and construction invented by Picasso
  
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  Readymade art invented by Marcel Duchamp
  
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  mobile invented by Alexander Calder
  
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  Combine invented by Robert Rauschenberg
  
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  Shaped painting invented by Frank Stella
  
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  Motion picture, the invention of which is attributed to Eadweard Muybridge^[25][26]
  

Likewise, Jackson Pollock invented an entirely new form of painting and a new kind of abstraction by dripping, pouring, splashing and splattering paint onto un-stretched canvas lying on the floor.
Inventive tools of the artist's trade also produced advances in creativity. Impressionist painting became possible because of newly invented collapsible, resealable metal paint tubes that facilitated spontaneous painting outdoors.^[27] Inventions originally created in the form of artwork can also develop other uses, e.g. Alexander Calder's mobile, which is now commonly used over babies' cribs. Funds generated from patents on inventions in art, design and architecture can support the realization of the invention or other creative work. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's 1879 design patent on the Statue of Liberty helped fund the famous statue because it covered small replicas, including those sold as souvenirs.^[28]
The timeline for invention in the arts lists the most notable artistic inventors.