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Synonyms

living picture

American  

noun

  1. tableau.


living picture British  

noun

  1. another term for tableau vivant

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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

He therefore borrowed the pen of two different persons to write his delightful travels which give us such a living picture of Indian life two centuries ago.

From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard

And his difficulties are not slight ones, for his living picture must be right from all points, and in all lights.

From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Jekyll, Gertrude