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
The agonizing remorse and piteous senile grief have been transformed from Repin's canvas to Shaliapin's living picture, without the revolting suggestion of the shambles which mars the painter's work.
From Interpreters by Carl Van Vechten
At length his eye stood in his head, his mouth opened, and he became what artists would call "a living picture."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
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