Like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window, I sat transfixed to the intricate tableau unfolding in front of me.
For the final portrait, which Dukovic shot on film, the President stood in front of a tableau titled "Military Review at West Point," a section of the wallpaper that shows cadets parading along the Hudson River under the gaze of local gentility.
The cover, depicting the band posing in front of a tableau of celebrities and historical figures, was designed by the British pop artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth based on a sketch by McCartney.
Andersson has developed a style that involves short tableaux played out with incredible precision in front of an immobile camera.
This review reminded me of Mussorsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, a collection of hastily composed pieces whose theme was to take an interested individual through an art gallery, and to tarry awhile in front of 10 Tableaux, interspersed with musical elements referring to the "Promenade" through the gallery.
The Guggenheim show, for example, will feature a tableau of a few Alaia dresses displayed in front of Andy Warhol's "Last Supper" paintings.
Elliott begins "The Women" with a tableau of the all-female cast massed in front of Derek McLane's somewhat anachronistic New York skyline.
The stage is enclosed on three sides by midnight-blue curtains, from which dancers enter and exit in breezy runs, or stand in front of them, frozen in tableaux vivants.
When Annie saves the gang from a posse by stampeding a herd of cattle and stands among the running beasts with her arms outstretched, if your mind clicks to the tableau in "Women in Love," with Glenda Jackson poised, dancing in front of a herd of swaying bullocks, Amanda Plummer doesn't suffer from the comparison.
The tableau of Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Abbas chatting amiably Thursday in front of the marble fireplace in her office, officials said, testified to her relentless phone calls in recent weeks as she wore down the reluctance of the Palestinians to come to the table and drummed up support from Arab neighbors like Jordan and Egypt.
