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** The choice of scenery and particularly the way Ophelia is depicted appear to draw influence from Creator/JohnWilliamWaterhouse's [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia_(John_William_Waterhouse) paintings]] [[https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_William_Waterhouse_-_Ophelia,_1894.jpg of the]] [[https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JWW_Ophelia_1889.jpg character]].
** The opening scene of Ophelia drowning is reminiscent of John Everett Millais's famous painting of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia_(painting) Ophelia]].

Compare TruthInTelevision and LifeImitatesArt, where this inspirational transition is made beyond the fourth wall. Not to be confused with the simple fact that [[FollowTheLeader artists imitate other artists]].

* Given that one of the main characters of ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'' is a child, time traveling Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, it's surprising it doesn't happen more often. But in one notable instance, he shows that his painting "The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne" is actually a family portrait he paints of himself, his mother Maria, [[spoiler: and his stepmother Bambi]], to show his mother in the past that she would find love again.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/art_imitates_art.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350: Top: Jean Leone Gerome Ferris' ''The First Thanksgiving'', 1621. Bottom: Ditto, but with ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' characters.]]

*** One of the back-up strips in the ''ComicBook/{{LEGION|DC Comics}}'' {{Elseworlds}} Annual was a {{Retraux}} story featuring a Silver Age version of L.E.G.I.O.N. The opening panel showed them on an intergalactic quiz show where the host was wearing a Superman costume (without the ChestInsignia), and they relayed their answers with the same Yes/No buttons.

* ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' #965, part one of "A Lonely Place of Living", has [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/5/5c/Detective_Comics_Vol_1_965.jpg a cover]] based on [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/e/ef/Batman_441.jpg that]] of ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'' #441, part three of "A Lonely Place of Dying". Both show Tim Drake holding a Robin costume and looking at it uncertainly, with the faces of Batman and the villain (Two-Face/Mr Oz) superimposed in the background, and the other main characters (Alfred and Dick/Batwoman, Clayface, Batwing, Orphan and Azrael) standing behind him.
* A [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/c/cb/Deathstroke_Inc._Vol_1_8_Burnham_Variant.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20220429150338 variant cover]] of ''Comicbook/DeathstrokeInc'' #8, is an almost exact duplicate of the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/c/c0/Deathstroke_the_Terminator_Vol_1_1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080505043112 cover]] of ''Deathstroke the Terminator'' #1, [[{{Retraux}} complete with title design and the old DC Bullet logo]], except that Slade is in his current outfit, is toting [[{{BFG}} an even bigger gun]], and the background shows the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, rather than a generic cityscape.
* ''Comicbook/TheFlash'' vol 2 twice duplicated notable covers from the same number of vol 1:

* Similarly, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/0/0a/Green_Lantern_Vol_3_76.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090105233808 the cover]] of ''Comicbook/GreenLantern'' vol.3 #76, which began a crossover with ''Comicbook/GreenArrow'' under the title "Hard-Travelling Heroes: The Next Generation" shows Kyle using a ring-created arrow to destroy Conner's bow, in an identical composition to Ollie firing an arrow at Hal's power battery on [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/1/1c/Green_Lantern_Vol_2_76.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200530231846 the cover of vol.2 #76]], which began the original "Hard-Travelling Heroes" storyline. It even uses a modernised version of the "Green Lantern co-starring Green Arrow" logo introduced in that issue, which continued for the rest of the crossover.

* Creator/DavidWillis drew an elaborate poster print featuring the casts of both the ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}'' and ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' in a pastiche of Creator/AlexRoss's cover for the 35th-anniversary edition of ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.

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* TheVitruvianPose (Creator/LeonardoDaVinci's ''Vitruvian Man'' drawing)
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* Near the end of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', the titular character meets [[spoiler: the released souls of the children the Other Mother ate]] in a heavenly place resembling Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night.

* In ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams'', the first dream Joseph has are inspired by Wheatfiled paintings of van Gogh, while the second is inspired by The Starry Night.

* SalvadorDali's "[[https://lakeimagesweb.artic.edu/iiif/2/54b1e714-0806-9420-dcaa-cf3d14342bd6/full/!800,800/0/default.jpg Venus de Milo with Drawers]]" is a replica of the Art/VenusDeMilo with certain segments cutoff to resemble drawers with fluffy balls as handlers.

** The cover of "ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroesBugsBunnySpecial" is another homage to ''Adventure Comics'' #247, replacing Superboy and the Legion three founders with Bugs Bunny, Lightning Lass, Ultra Boy and Brainiac 5 (who states that "[they're] not THAT desperate!")

*** The cover of ''Creator/Dark Horse|Comics}} Presents'' #115 has odd characters dressed somewhat like the Legion trio rejecting Dr. Spin's application to their superhero club.
*** One of the back-up strips in the ''ComicBook/{{LEGION|DC Comics}}'' {{Elseworlds}} Annual was a {{Retraux}} story featuing a Silver Age version of L.E.G.I.O.N. The opening panel showed them on an intergalactic quiz show where the host was wearing a Superman costume (without the ChestInsignia), and they relayed their answers with the same Yes/No buttons.