assemblage
Things brought together
An assemblage is a collection of things or people gathered together: an assemblage of antique furniture, a curious assemblage of characters.
The word suggests variety within the grouping—items brought together rather than naturally belonging.
In art, an assemblage is a three-dimensional work made from found objects or unrelated materials combined into a whole.
Assembled mixed-media artwork
- found objectsUnaltered items as art
- readymadePrepared in advance
- bricolageConstruction from available materials
- montageAssembled sequence of images
mixed media · junk art · sculpture · installation · objet trouvé · decoupage · upcycling · Rauschenberg
Collected mass over time
- assortmentMixed collection of things
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- conglomerationHeterogeneous mass combined together
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
miscellany · aggregation · grouping · array · set · compendium · anthology · repository
Assembled group of worshippers
- convocationFormal ceremonial gathering
- meetingGathering for discussion
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- crowdLarge public gathering
throng · cluster · rally · conclave · muster · confluence · convention · council
Collective of connected people
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- biodiversityRange of life forms
ecosystem · guild · biome · symbiosis · niche · fauna · flora · coexistence
Linking into one
- fittingSuitable or proper
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- erectionAct of building upward
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
piecing · fastening · welding · building · putting together · configuration · arrangement · connection
collage
Assembled mixed-media artwork
- found objectsUnaltered items as art
- readymadePrepared in advance
- bricolageConstruction from available materials
montage · mixed media · junk art · sculpture · installation · objet trouvé · decoupage · upcycling · Rauschenberg · Duchamp
accumulation
Collected mass over time
- assortmentMixed collection of things
- compilationGathered works assembled together
- conglomerationHeterogeneous mass combined together
ensemble · miscellany · aggregation · grouping · array · set · compendium · anthology · repository · trove
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- convocationFormal ceremonial gathering
- meetingGathering for discussion
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
crowd · throng · cluster · rally · conclave · muster · confluence · convention · council · quorum
community
Collective of connected people
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
biodiversity · ecosystem · guild · biome · symbiosis · niche · fauna · flora · coexistence · interaction
joining
Linking into one
- fittingSuitable or proper
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- erectionAct of building upward
mounting · piecing · fastening · welding · building · putting together · configuration · arrangement · connection · combination
tesserae
Mosaic's constituent pieces
Gaudí · Venetian · grout · pieced · fragments · shards · inlay · intarsia · terrazzo · patchwork
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- art formspainting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music
- creative artsvisual art, drawing, painting, abstract art, illustration
- visual artdrawing, fine art, painting, portrait, sketch
- collectionscollection, collections, anthology, anthologies, compilation
- accumulationaccumulation, heap, pile, stack, hoard
assemblagedispersal
Spreading in many directions
scattering · dispersion · dissipation · separation · dissolution