| 单词 | living picture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliving picture living picture n. [in sense (a) after French tableau vivant tableau vivant n.] now historical (a) a silent and motionless person or group of people posed and attired to represent a well-known character, event, or work of art; = tableau vivant n.; (b) a motion picture. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > [noun] living picture1851 kineograph1891 motion picture1891 picture1894 animatograph1896 cinematograph1896 moving picture1896 kinetogram1897 film1899 bioscope1902 action film1909 cinema1909 movie1910 photodrama1910 photoplay1910 movie picture1913 pic1913 screenplay1913 photonovel1916 flick1926 moom pitcher1929 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > tableau > [noun] pageantc1450 picture1588 spectacle1752 tableau vivant1821 tableau1828 living picture1851 set piece1859 1851 Peterson's Mag. 19 61 A Tableau Vivant is literally what its name imports—a living picture composed of living persons; and, when skilfully arranged and seen at a proper distance, it produces all the effect of a real picture. 1895 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 6 Apr. 443/2 I sat out the entire list of sixteen ‘Living Pictures’. Half a dozen represented naiads, mountain sprites, peris, and Lady Godiva, all practically undraped. 1897 Knowledge 1 Sept. 216/2 Kinetography: the production of ‘living pictures’. 1899 H. V. Hopwood Living Pict. vi. 207 The first requirement in the projection, as in the taking, of Living Pictures is absolute rigidity of the apparatus. 1962 E. Larsen Film Making i. 18 Soon nearly every variety show contained ‘living pictures’ as a programme item. 1983 C. Evans Frontier Theatre 266 The idea of a living picture, given Victorian propriety, was to couch the still stage picture in a romantic or classical context in order to rationalize the overt sexual display. < as lemmas |
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