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tableau

[ta-bloh, tab-loh] / tæˈbloʊ, ˈtæb loʊ /
NOUN
scene, often painted
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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

The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.

From Salon

These tableaus take place against the backdrop of an increasingly militarized vision of Christmas that permeates American pop culture.

From Salon

You can feel it in the way Emily looks out her father’s window to the lake beyond, the wintery tableau both tranquil and poignant.

From Los Angeles Times

Christmas often inspires visions of perfection: the geometrically precise tree, the artfully arranged mantel, the candlelit feast a flawless tableau.

From The Wall Street Journal