Tableau+vivant
31Tableau — This generic term refers to a scene (usually short) establishing location, atmosphere, or period, but a tableau is usually thought of as a picture or image presenting something like a living fresco. The expression hold picture, which literally …
32tableau — noun 1) mythic tableaux Syn: picture, painting, representation, illustration, image 2) the first act consists of a series of tableaux Syn: pageant, tableau vivant, parade, diorama, scene 3) …
33tableau — n. (pl. tableaux) 1 a picturesque presentation. 2 = TABLEAU VIVANT. 3 a dramatic or effective situation suddenly brought about. Phrases and idioms: tableau curtains Theatr. a pair of curtains drawn open by a diagonal cord. Etymology: F, = picture …
34tableau — noun (plural tableaux; also tableaus) Etymology: French, from Middle French tablel, diminutive of table, from Old French Date: 1660 1. a graphic description or representation ; picture < winsome tableaux of old fashioned literary days J. D. Hart… …
35tableau — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, abstract, abstraction, act drop, altarpiece, antimasque, arrangement, asbestos, asbestos board, audience success, backdrop, ballet, batten, block print, bomb, border, broadcast… …
36tableau — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. group; picture, scene, backdrop, set, diorama; tableau vivant; arrangement, array. See drama, painting, appearance, representation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scene, picture, illustration, portrayal; see …
37tableau — n. [Fr.] 1. Picture, scene, representation. 2. Tableau vivant …
38tableau — n 1. painting, picture, picturization, depiction, delineation, representation, portrayal, illustration; scene, view, scape, diorama, cyclorama, panorama, montage. 2. sight, spectacle, striking scene, eyeopener; pageant, Fr. tableau vivant …
39tableau — /ˈtæbloʊ / (say tabloh) noun (plural tableaux /ˈtæbloʊz/ (say tablohz), /ˈtæbloʊ / (say tabloh) or tableaus) 1. a picture, as of a scene. 2. a picturesque grouping of persons or objects; a striking scene. 3. → tableau vivant. {French: a table,… …
40tableau — n. (pl. leaux ) graphic description; dramatic or artistic grouping, especially at the end of a scene on stage. ♦ tableau vivant, living picture ; pose reproducing a well known painting, sculpture, scene, etc …
