Romare Bearden. Spring Way. 1964.
A collage is a picture made from cut paper.
The paper shapes are pasted on a background.
Sometimes other shapes, lines or textures are added.
A MONTAGE is a special kind of collage.
SO WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT A MONTAGE FROM A REGULAR COLLAGE?
A COLLAGE IS A COMPOSITION OF MATERIALS AND OBJECTS PASTED OVER A SURFACE;
A MONTAGE IS A SINGLE COMPOSITION CREATED BY JUXTAPOSING A SERIES OF PIECES OF PAPER, PHOTOS OR OTHER MEDIA TO CREATE AN ARTISTIC IMAGE.
MONTAGE comes from the french word “monter” meaning “to mount“.
The artist pastes or glues the pictures together in a new way.
Romare Bearden‘s montage of a city street has shapes cut from many photographs.
The shapes are pasted down to create a new picture.
The artist has created many montages about people live in cities.
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A montage can also be made from one photograph.
You can cut the photo into curved or straight shapes.
You can move the shapes apart, or up and down.
This montage was made from a large photograph of a mouth.
The small picture of the astronaut was pasted on top of the large photograph.
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- Joseph Cornell, The Hotel Eden, 1945.
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- Raoul Hausmann, Merz, Picture as Rainbow, 1939.
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- Man Ray, Dora Maar 1936.
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- Kurt Schwitters, Untitled (With an Early Portrait of Kurt Schwitters), 1937-8.
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- Jesse Treece, Mountains Between.
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- Annegret Soltau, Self Portrait.
ABOVE are some samples of PHOTO-collage and photo-montage from art history.
What type of images will you use?
What is your idea?
Project – COLLAGE: Montage
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Look for pictures in old magazines or newspapers, and collect them.
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PUT YOUR NAME AND CODE ON THE BACK OF A PIECE OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER. THIS WILL BE YOUR SUPPORT (WHAT YOU GLUE YOUR PIECES ON).
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Move the pictures around. Try different arrangements FOR YOUR COMPOSITION. *Hint MAKE YOUR BACKGROUND FIRST!
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When you like your montage, GLUE OR TAPE your PIECES, SCRAPS AND pictures down ON ON YOUR CONSTRUCTION PAPER.
- UPLOAD AN IMAGE OF YOUR ARTWORK TO SEESAW AND ARTSONIA WHEN YOU ARE DONE.
EXTENSIONS:
Romare Bearden. Pittsburgh Memory. 1964.
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: CHECK OUT ROMARE BEARDEN‘S ARTWORK HERE-
www.beardenfoundation.org
June. Collage. 2016.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: CLICK ON THE MONTAGE ABOVE TO SEE YOUR CLASSMATES’ COLLAGE ARTWORK.
MEDIA AWARENESS: WATCH FOR EXAMPLES OF MONTAGE AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT SEE SEVERAL VIEWS OF AN ACTOR ON THE SCREEN AT ONE TIME- A FULL FACE CLOSE UP WITH AN OVERLAPPING VIEW OF THE ACTOR ON STAGE.
Squirt advertisement. 1960’s.
ADVERTISERS OFTEN USE MONTAGE TECHNIQUES TO SHOW A PRODUCT, SUCH AS A LARGE SOFT DRINK BOTTLE SUPER-IMPOSED ON A HOT, DRY DESERT SCENE.
FILM & VIDEO PRODUCTION: CREATE YOUR OWN VIDEO MONTAGE USING YOUR iPAD. SEE A SAMPLE BELOW:
Intro to Video Art: Definition Montage from Mary Yaeger on Vimeo.