Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color.
- noun A work, such as a literary piece, composed of both borrowed and original material.
- noun The art of creating such compositions.
- noun An assemblage of diverse elements.
- intransitive verb To paste (diverse materials) over a surface, thereby creating an artistic product.
- intransitive verb To create such an artistic product.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of clearing wine by means of isinglass or gelatin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any picture made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs, especially in unusual or surprising ways.
- noun the technique of producing a work of art that is a collage{1}.
- noun any composite object, whether abstract or concrete, created by assembling components of varied types.
- noun (Cinema) a film having scenes of different types or from different locations displayed in rapid succession without transitions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
picture made by sticking other pictures onto asurface . - noun A
composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by theassemblage ofvarious media ; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc.. - noun uncountable The
technique of producing such a work of art that is a collage. - verb transitive To make into a collage.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- noun any collection of diverse things
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Turner uses the word "collage" critically to represent the diffuse meanings in McDonald's vision: Collage, argues theorist Janelle G.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Lynn Crosbie 2011
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Yes | No | Report from kolbster wrote 51 weeks 6 days ago ya Roy is one of the best coaches in collage basketball.
OK Who's gonna win Duke or the Heels? Heels are up by 1 right now. 2009
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The found-art sculpture/collage is wonderful -- that image stayed with me, even as the book went unrecalled.
A Weekend in the Country deliasherman 2010
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He assumed it was an artist who had been using Arbus images in collage work; I assured him it was not and I described the project.
ARTINFO: Gallerist Andrew Roth on How Aperture Wiped Out His Diane Arbus Skateboard Show ARTINFO 2010
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Brent Birnbaum, an artist working in collage with found materials, offered the most charming answer in describing the relationship between his collage of price tags and the book Popism: The Warhol Sixties: "Seeing the world as a shopping mall for art material is what that book freed me to do."
Risa Shoup: Used Books, New Ideas Risa Shoup 2010
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One of the best things about collage is that most of what you need will already be in the home or bought inexpensively.
Engage Senses to kick start a Story or Character « Write Anything 2009
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He assumed it was an artist who had been using Arbus images in collage work; I assured him it was not and I described the project.
ARTINFO: Gallerist Andrew Roth on How Aperture Wiped Out His Diane Arbus Skateboard Show ARTINFO 2010
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Yes | No | Report from kolbster wrote 51 weeks 6 days ago ya Roy is one of the best coaches in collage basketball.
OK Who's gonna win Duke or the Heels? Heels are up by 1 right now. 2009
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He assumed it was an artist who had been using Arbus images in collage work; I assured him it was not and I described the project.
ARTINFO: Gallerist Andrew Roth on How Aperture Wiped Out His Diane Arbus Skateboard Show ARTINFO 2010
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A collage is like the past: you cannot wipe it away.
kalidas commented on the word collage
definition: an assembly of diverse fragments
see montage
January 2, 2007