Collage
collage (artwork made by gluing materials onto a surface)
noun ko-LA-zhuh Rare
Origin: from French collage, gluing
Usage Note
Collage is a technique in which cut or torn fragments of paper, fabric or photographs are glued to a surface to form a new composition. Pioneered by Picasso and Braque in Cubism.
Examples
"Die Schüler schufen aus alten Zeitschriften und bunten Papieren eine großformatige Collage."
Natural Translation
The pupils created a large-format collage from old magazines and coloured papers.
Literal Translation
The pupils created from old magazines and coloured papers a large-format collage.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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