figuration vs montage

figuration

noun
  • A structure through which people are joined, or the process of constructing such structures. 

  • Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures. 

  • Mixture of concords and discords. 

  • The act of giving figure or determinate form. 

  • Representation through visual forms. 

  • Form, outline or boundaries. 

montage

noun
  • The art or process of doing this. 

  • A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc. 

verb
  • To combine into, or depict as, a montage. 

How often have the words figuration and montage occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )