Ripping and gluing for Art

From Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus the definition for collage is:

Main Entry: col·lage
Function: noun
Etymology: French, literally, gluing, from coller to glue, from colle glue, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin colla, from Greek kolla
1 : an artistic composition made of various materials (as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface
2 : the art of making collages
3 : an assembly of diverse fragments
4 : a work (as a film) having disparate scenes in rapid succession without transitions

On our shelves is a title by Brandon Taylor, Collage : The Making of Modern Art (N 6494 .C6 T39 2004) which begins with Picasso and ends in the 1970's. There are 206 illustrations with 91 in color.

Interesting to read how artists utilized a simple process of piecing together portions of pictures to create a visual more memorable than the original.

And you thought collage was a kid art project!