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  1. tableaux vivants

    A tableau vivant (French: [tablo vivɑ̃]; often shortened to tableau; plural: tableaux vivants), French for "living picture", is a static scene containing one or more actors or models. They are stationary and silent, usually in costume, carefully posed, with props and/or scenery, and may be theatrically lit. It thus combines aspects of theatre and the visual arts. A tableau may either be 'performed' live, or depicted in painting, photography and sculpture, such as in many works of the Romantic, Aesthetic, Symbolist, Pre-Raphaelite, and Art Nouveau movements. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tableaux sometimes featured poses plastiques ('flexible poses') by virtually nude models, providing a form of erotic entertainment, both on stage and in print. Tableaux continue to the present day in the form of living statues, street performers who busk by posing in costume.

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  1. Tableaux vivants

    of Tableau vivant

Etymology and Origins

  1. Tableaux Vivants

    French for “living pictures,” specifically the realisation of a celebrated painting or a scene from history by a group of persons.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tableaux vivants in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tableaux vivants in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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