1. Technique in art consisting of cutting and pasting natural or manufactured
materials to a painted or unpainted surface~hence, a work of art in this medium.
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2. An assemblage of different forms, creating a new whole. For example,
an artistic collage may include newspaper clippings, ribbons, bits of colored
and handmade papers, photographs, etc. glued to a solid support or canvas.
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3. A paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to
form an artistic image.
The art of collage is said to have been iniated by Picasso
in 1912 when he pasted a section of commercially printed oilcloth to his cubist
painting, Still Life with Chair Caning. Collage elements appear in works by
Juan Gris, Georges Braque,
Kazimir Malevich, Dove, and the futurist artists.
(http://www.collagetown.com)
