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assemblage

[ uh-sem-blij; French a-sahn-blazh ]

noun

  1. a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate.
  2. the act of assembling; state of being assembled.
  3. Fine Arts.
    1. a sculptural technique of organizing or composing into a unified whole a group of unrelated and often fragmentary or discarded objects.
    2. a work of art produced by this technique. Compare collage, found object, ready-made ( def 4 ).
  4. Archaeology. the aggregate of artifacts and other remains found on a site, considered as material evidence in support of a theory concerning the culture or cultures inhabiting it.


assemblage

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noun

  1. a number of things or persons assembled together; collection; assembly
  2. a list of dishes served at a meal or the dishes themselves
  3. the act or process of assembling or the state of being assembled
  4. ˌæ²õÉ™³¾Ëˆ²ú±ôÉ‘ËÏô a three-dimensional work of art that combines various objects into an integrated whole
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assemblage

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  1. A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts that are found in a communal living site.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of assemblage1

From French, dating back to 1695–1705; assemble, -age
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Kentridge’s libretto is an assemblage of the characters’ words and a range of other historical sources.

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In this assemblage of street addresses throughout New York City, sounds are collected with the intention of making all partners in a grand civic waltz.

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"From this limited assemblage, archaeologists can say a lot".

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Working within a range of media including assemblage, drawing, printing and painting, she has explored floral, fauna, folklore and symbols.

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Youn and colleagues got around that jam by borrowing an idea from metamaterials, assemblages of discrete parts that act like continuous materials and can have novel properties.

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