tableau
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While you float in space, you can check out the minute details of the station’s exterior and turn to marvel at the breathtaking, peaceful-looking tableau of our home planet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
As we left the area, we saw a tableau of suffering with families dotted around seeking shelter under scrawny trees.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The exquisite comic reversal of the Turkey episode was that, this time, he was no longer directing the tableau.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The surrounding landscape—a moody tableau of steel-gray skies and jagged mountains—is the work of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
“As you wish. We have also prepared a tableau based on Aesop’s well-loved fable ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf.’”
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
Anadol refers to these large-scale, shimmering tableaus as “digital sculptures.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Our critic called it “a loosely sketched drama told via visually impeccable tableaus and a few flights of well-staged fancy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
These tableaus take place against the backdrop of an increasingly militarized vision of Christmas that permeates American pop culture.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
Following the processions, the bonfire societies burned their tableaus and let off fireworks in their respective fields.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024
Millet had planned an elaborate series of explosive “set pieces,” fireworks affixed to large metal frames shaped to depict various portraits and tableaus.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
They first went viral in 2020, and they have been a hit since, towering over yards across America in all kinds of inventive tableaux.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
Though the tableaux depict hardships endured by a painter born in 1593, Artemisia, the impressions convey yearning, grief, suffering and resilience that transcend centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
From the earliest days of photography, artists have staged tableaux for the camera, often using painting and literature as inspiration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Unlike military parades in many Western capitals, India's Republic Day also blends displays of its military capability with cultural performances and regional tableaux, projecting both power and diversity.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
The World’s Fair showcased exhibits and cultural tableaux from all over the planet.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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