tableau
Pronunciation: /ˌtaˈblō/
noun (plural tableaux /ˌtaˈblōz/)
A group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant.
Origin
late 17th century (in the sense 'picture', figuratively 'picturesque description'): from French, literally 'picture', diminutive of table (see table).
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The gruesome tableau spread before him. Dead littered the field. Not a single motion betrayed a living being. There was a single sheaf of wheat which had incongruously remained upright throughout the battle. The breeze made the nodding heads of grain slowly shake, as if in wonder and dismay.
