assemblage

assemblage: see collage.

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assemblage

Three-dimensional construction made from household materials such as rope and newspapers or from any found materials. The term, coined by Jean Dubuffet in the 1950s, has been applied to collage, photomontage, and sculptural assemblage. The Dadaists and Surrealists produced ready-made assemblages and elevated them to art by simply exhibiting them. Later artists who have worked with the technique include Louise Nevelson and Robert Rauschenberg.

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assemblage

Art a three-dimensional work of art that combines various objects into an integrated whole

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assemblage [ə′sem·blij]

(archeology)

All related cultural traits and artifacts associated with one archeological manifestation.

(ecology)

A group of organisms sharing a common habitat by chance.

(geology)

A group of fossils that, appearing together, characterize a particular stratum.

A group of minerals that compose a rock.

(ordnance)

A collection of items designed to accomplish one general function and identified and issued as a single item.

(paleontology)

A group of fossils occurring together at one stratigraphic level.