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Montage

Parent categories: art - technique -

Related: bricolage - collage - cut and paste - cut up - edit - film edit - juxtaposition - mix - photomontage - remix

The term montage was first attested in the English language in 1929, it had been used in France as a term in cinematography since 1914.

cover image from Mandarijnen op Zwavelzuur (1963)

Definition

A single pictorial composition made by juxtaposing or superimposing many pictures or designs. --AHD

A montage (literally "putting together") is an art form consisting of a number of smaller items put together. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montage [Jan 2006]

Literary montage

"Method of this work:
literary montage.
I have nothing to say only to show."
(Passagenwerk (1927 - 1940) - Walter Benjamin)

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