Musicians in harlequin and Pierrot outfits saw at violins while poodles in funny outfits accompany them, and, in one lovely tableau, a little boy with a halo of flower petals is cradled on the lap of a doting nude, while he does something or other to a lamb.
That little correction, abruptly turning the painter of The Raft of the Medusa into the photographer of charming postcard scenes, leaves something unsettled behind the lovely tableau, a tint of agitation that reflects back on the racial and sexual tensions earlier in the poem, and foreshadows the final image of disconnection.
That is both typical of the eerily lovely tableaux Logan (pictured) routinely conjures up, and about as animate as the bear ever becomes.
And when Mr. Pena, 51, announced his departure, offering the press a lovely Kodak tableau of wife, Ellen, Ryan and two daughters in matching yellow dresses, one reporter promptly asked the Energy Secretary if he was leaving because he faced imminent indictment.
Red stripes, blue moons — if the President has a White Hawk, then we'll have a Bizarro version of the flag, a primary-color bowl of Lucky Charms, or a lovely patriotic tableau.
The book's most striking use of purely visual communication occurs in a lush and lovely double-page tableau of Skim and Ms. Archer exchanging a kiss in the woods that leaves the reader (and maybe even the participants) wondering who kissed whom.
On Tuesday evening (April 24), skywatchers will be treated to yet another eye-catching celestial tableau as a lovely crescent moon slides past the brightest of all the planets: the dazzling Venus.
It was lovely to see Sotomayor up there with Obama, a tableau of our post-racial tomorrow, but it was also striking that the rest of the room was very white.
Australian Impressionists like Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin, worked en plein air to depict the lovely coastal landscapes of Sydney's Coogee, Melbourne's Brighton and their de rigueur tableaus of primly dressed beach goers.
The results were bizarre tableaux which the compere would introduce with words like: "First, ladies and gentlemen, the lovely Natalya and the charming little Renée offer you 'The Toilet of Nudes' by Diego Velasquez from the National Gallery here in London".
It's lovely — lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely.
