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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
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Florence Hartley
187
"A
tableau
vivant
may
be
formed
in
two
ways:
it
may
consist
of
a
group
of
persons,
who
take
some
well-known
subject
in
history
or
fiction
to
illustrate,
and
who
form
a
group
to
tell
the
story
according
to
their
own
taste;
or,
it
may
be
a
copy,
as
exact
as
circumstances
will
permit,
of
some
celebrated
picture.
The
first
plan,
it
may
be
easily
imagined,
is
very
rarely
effective;
since,
as
we
find
that
even
the
best
masters
are
often
months,
or
even
years,
before
they
can
arrange
a
group
satisfactorily
on
canvas,
it
is
not
probable
that
persons
who
are
not
artists
should
succeed
in
making
good
impromptu
pictures.
Indeed,
it
has
been
observed,
that
artists
themselves,
when
they
have
to
arrange
a
tableau
vivant,
always
prefer
copying
a
picture
to
composing
one.
"Copying
a
real
picture,
by
placing
living
persons
in
the
positions
of
the
figures
indicated
in
the
picture,
appears,
at
first
sight,
an
easy
task
enough;
and
the
effect
ought
to
be
easily
attained,
as
there
can
be
no
bad
drawing,
and
no
confused
light
and
shade,
to
destroy
the
effect
of
the
grouping.
There
are,
however,
many
difficulties
to
conquer,
which
it
requires
some
knowledge
of
art
to
be
aware
of.
Painting
being
on
a
flat
surface,
every
means
are
taken
to
give
roundness
and
relief
to
the
figures,
which
qualities
of
course
are
found
naturally
in
a
tableau
vivant.
In
a
picture
the
light
is
made
effective
by
a
dark
shadow
placed
near
it;
diminished
lights
or
demi-tints
are
introduced
to
prevent
the
principal
light
appearing
a
spot;
and
these
are
linked
together
by
artful
shades,
which
show
the
outline
in
some
places,
and
hide
it
in
others.
The
colors
must
also
be
carefully
arranged,
so
as
to
blend
or
harmonize
with
each
other.
A
want
of
attention
to
these
minute
points
will
be
sufficient
to
destroy
the
effect
of
the
finest
picture,
even
to
those
who
are
so
unacquainted
with
art
as
to
be
incapable
of
explaining
why
they
are
dissatisfied,
except
by
an
involuntary
liking
or
disliking
of
what
they
see.
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