collage

[kuh-lahzh, koh-] /kəˈlɑʒ, koʊ-/
noun
1.
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.
2.
a work of art produced by this technique.
Compare assemblage (def 3).
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.
4.
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.
verb (used with object), collaged, collaging.
5.
to make a collage of:
The artist has collaged old photos, cartoon figures, and telephone numbers into a unique work of art.
Origin
1915-20; < French, equivalent to colle paste, glue (< Greek kólla) + -age -age
Related forms
collagist, noun
Examples from the web for collage
  • Bearden became a master of collage, an art form as complex, fragmented and many-layered as his life.
  • The moving photo collage was a strange sight, yet not unfamiliar.
  • collage clippings were scattered on the desk and paintings were stacked against the walls.
  • Yet the situations in which he casts himself-either digitally or through collage-are decidedly irreverent.
  • But the skeleton image is actually a digital collage of three different photos.
  • Take a walk to collect items from nature to use in a collage.
  • Have them share their photos in a slide show, a collage, or a display.
  • Within the walls is a collage of hundreds of science, art and human perception exhibits.
  • Each post is a history of a house, complete with a collage of beautiful photographs.
  • The audiovisual collage functions as both a beautiful tour and a beautiful song.
British Dictionary definitions for collage

collage

/kəˈlɑːʒ; kɒ-; French kɔlaʒ/
noun
1.
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
2.
a composition made in this way
3.
any work, such as a piece of music, created by combining unrelated styles
Derived Forms
collagist, noun
Word Origin
C20: French, from coller to stick, from colle glue, from Greek kolla
Word Origin and History for collage
n.

1919, from French collage "a pasting," from Old French coller "to glue," from Greek kolla "glue." Earliest reference is in Wyndham Lewis.