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Meaning of tableau vivant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A tableau (group scene resembling a painting).

Equivalents

Čeština živý obraz
Français tableau vivant

Examples

“Indeed, there is something uncanny about the careful re-enactment of the scene in the manner of a tableau vivant, something that Jean-Luc Godard would also experiment with and try to push to its limits in Passion (1982).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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