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A collage (From the French: à coller, to glue, French pronunciation: [kɔ.laːʒ]) is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.
A collage may sometimes include newspaper clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas. The origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century as an art form of novelty.
The term collage derives from the French "coller" meaning "glue". This term was coined by both Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in the beginning of the 20th century when collage became a distinctive part of modern art.
Techniques of collage were first used at the time of the invention of paper in China, around 200 BC. The use of collage, however, remained very limited until the 10th century in Japan, when calligraphers began to apply glued paper, using texts on surfaces, when writing their poems.
Un ruscello sulla luna,
Un giardino in mezzo al sole,
Un cipresso nel deserto,
tutti i prati color viola
E lei non c'è
lei non c'è
Un bel sole, un bel giorno,
Tante stelle in una notte,
dei sorrisi sulle labbra,
delle labbra sulle labbra,
E lei non c'è
lei non c'è
Una statua che si muove
della gente che le parla,
nasce un bimbo per amore
per amore un uomo muore
E lei non c'è
lei non c'è