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Tableaux (sculpture)

Scope note

Use for 20th-century sculptural works that are composed of figures and objects arranged into a picturelike scene, which the viewer does not enter. For works that create surroundings that the viewer can enter, use "environments (sculpture)." For the silent, immobile arrangements of one or more costumed performers to reproduce a scene from art, drama, literature, history, or the imagination, use "tableaux (performances)."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000185239

Broader Terms used

<sculpture by form>

Equivalent Terms used

tableau (sculpture)

Created

13yrs ago

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