living picture
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of living picture
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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In one project for Hixson’s course, which focused on socially engaged art, students dressed up to create a tableau vivant, or living picture, re-creating Raphael’s masterpiece “The School of Athens.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2017
A great living picture has two subjects, one in the foreground and one in the background.
From The Verge • Jul. 30, 2014
He has created in Mr. Cane a winning, living picture, full of pathos and triumphant dignity.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the bare details of Ariosto's biography it is satisfactory to turn to the living picture of the man himself revealed in his Satires.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
I pored once more over the cryptic legend: I sold my soul that I might paint a living picture.
From The Golgotha Dancers by Wellman, Manly Wade
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