Artist is using ideas already existed and creates something new out of them. It has always been this way since cave wall art. I am 100% sure Copernicus was not

Artist is using ideas already existed and creates something new out of them. It has always been this way since cave wall art. I am 100% sure Copernicus was not the first to suggest a heliocentric system, but he was the one who put enough energy into proving it and defend that theory.