Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Collage






The second assignment was to make a collage…
collage
- 3 dictionary results
col·lage
   Show Spelled [kuh-lahzh, koh-] Show IPA noun, verb, -laged, -lag·ing.
–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.

Collage is a French word…it is also my most favorable kind of art. Such admiration for this form of art is derived from the original masters, of whom include:


Maryanne Brandt (google Photomontages)




Max Ernst (google “A Week of Kindness”)




Jess (google past-ups)

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