collage
a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope.
a work of art produced by this technique.: Compare assemblage (def. 3).
an assemblage or occurrence of diverse elements or fragments in unlikely or unexpected juxtaposition: The experimental play is a collage of sudden scene shifts, long monologues, musical interludes, and slapstick.
a film that presents a series of seemingly unrelated scenes or images or shifts from one scene or image to another suddenly and without transition.
to make a collage of: The artist has collaged old photos, cartoon figures, and telephone numbers into a unique work of art.
Origin of collage
1Other words from collage
- col·lag·ist, noun
Words Nearby collage
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How to use collage in a sentence
Galeria is a collage of quotations: columns, chrome black tables, panels with English paisley fabric.
An Afghan instructor explained the concept of collage in Dari.
How I’ll End the War: Making Collage Art With Afghan Students | Nick Willard | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“This is my collage about a farm,” he said pointing out a rake, plant, and chicken.
How I’ll End the War: Making Collage Art With Afghan Students | Nick Willard | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is a photocopy collage of the mirrored image divided by bright colors to the right and a more muted palette to the left.
I think the century of the self has provided us with this: the mechanization of celebrity, the artist as a public collage.
Interview: T Bone Burnett, the Coen Brothers’ Music Guru | Andrew Romano | December 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The 143 collage system is also very prevalent in France among the working classes, and seems to answer well enough.
Modern marriage and how to bear it | Maud Churton BrabyThe method of collage employed at the Abbey of Hautvillers is said to have preserved the wines from this evil.
A History of Champagne | Henry VizetellyIn the whiche Universite is no collage founded by eny quene of England hidertoward.
Cambridge and its Story | Charles William StubbsDuring the last few years, the collage has not raised enough of these trees to meet the demand.
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Cambridge | Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker
British Dictionary definitions for collage
/ (kəˈlɑːʒ, kɒ-, French kɔlaʒ) /
an art form in which compositions are made out of pieces of paper, cloth, photographs, and other miscellaneous objects, juxtaposed and pasted on a dry ground
a composition made in this way
any work, such as a piece of music, created by combining unrelated styles
Origin of collage
1Derived forms of collage
- collagist, noun
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