a French term, sometimes used in our language; literally signifying together or one with another.—being formed from the Latin in and simul.

In architecture, we say the ensemble, or tout ensemble, of a building; meaning the whole work, or composition, considered together, and not in parts; and sometimes also, the relative proportion of the parts to the whole.—"All those pieces of building make a fine ensemble."

To judge well of a work, a statue, or other piece of sculpture, one must first examine whether the ensemble be good. The tout ensemble of a painting, is that harmony which results from the distribution of the several objects or figures whereof it is composed.—"This picture is good, taking the parts separately; but the tout ensemble is bad."