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A [[tableau vivant]] (or simply [[tableau]]) is a French term used in theatre to refer to  a silent, static scene, performed by actors or models in costume - thus combining aspects of theatre and the visual arts.
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(Sometimes one finds it referred to in the plural as [[tableaus]] in Englosh. In [[Afrikaans]] it is known as a '''[[tablo]]''' and [[tablos]].)
 
 
 
Strictly speaking the French term originally referred to a small desk, but is now more commonly known internationally as the term for what may be termed a "living picture".
 
 
 
 
 
 
In theatrical terms this normally points to a silent, static scene, performed by actors or models in costume - thus combining aspects of theatre and the visual arts.
 
 
 
Today the practice is also found in some films and TV dramas, and continues as a live entertainment in the "[[living statues]] of [[street performers]].
 
 
 
It has also been a feature of the visual arts, occurring in many works of the Romantic, Aesthetic, Symbolist, Pre-Raphaelite, and Art Nouveau movements for instance.
 
 
 
==Sources==
 
 
 
 
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tableau_vivant], i.e. "living picture") and  ''historical enactment''.
 

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