tableau vivant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tableau vivant
    n 1: a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a
         painting) [syn: {tableau}, {tableau vivant}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tableau vivant \Ta`bleau" vi`vant"\ (t[.a]`bl[=o]"
   v[-e]`v[aum]N"); pl. {Tableaux vivants} (t[.a]`bl[=o]"
   v[-e]`v[aum]N"). [F.]
   Same as {Tableau}, n., 2.
   [1913 Webster]