Collage (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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.
  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), col·laged, col·lag·ing.
  1. to make a collage of: The artist has collaged old photos, cartoon figures, and telephone numbers into a unique work of art.
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
Collage (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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