Definition of papier collé in English:
papier collé
nounPlural papiers collés ˌpapɪeɪ ˈkɒleɪpäpˌyā kōˈlā
mass noun1The technique of using paper for collage.
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1912 Braque and Picasso began to introduce collage and papier collé: this lent a clearer, if schematic, system of reference into a style which had become increasingly abstract.
- Gris too made extensive use of papier collé, and Matisse's use of cut-out paper shapes in his late work is a development of the technique.
- 1.1count noun A collage made from paper.
Example sentencesExamples
- As defined by the Cubists, the papier collé had limited the artist's role to arranging elements; Arp went even further and eliminated the traditional "artistic" notion of arranging forms in relation to each other.
- In Braque's and Picasso's very first papiers collés, shading stops being pointillist and suddenly becomes broad and incisive again.
Origin
French, literally 'glued paper'.