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tableau

[ta-bloh, tab-loh] / tæˈbloʊ, ˈtæb loʊ /
NOUN
scene, often painted
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Wright manages his scene like Classical or biblical tableaux, but his subject and cast are as modern as the philosopher’s machines.

From The Wall Street Journal

The London museum highlights the 18th-century painter’s rich, shadowy tableaux, emblematic of their age of intellectual discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal

The staging, arranged around striking tableaux, is at once cinematic and fleetly theatrical.

From Los Angeles Times

As if Mr. Maher’s tableau weren’t enough, the evening’s varied cast now includes the champion U.S. men’s hockey team, fresh from the Olympics.

From The Wall Street Journal

His tableaux don’t always succeed, but when they do, their strangeness hints at things beyond ordinary ken.

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