Resumen de Tableaux Vivants: their structure, themes, and rhetorical function
Tableaux Vivants were stationary, temporary structures built along the processional routes of royal entries during the Renaissance. Within these structures live actors portrayed silent scenes which were revealed to the ruler as he reached each tableau along the route of the procession. Tableaux Vivants were a unique means of communication between the citizens and the monarch and had a direct bearing on current issues and events. The use of religious, mythological and symbolic themes in Tableaux Vivants were a means of acting rhetorically upon the minds and hearts of the rulers through the medium of art. Existing research has for the most part treated Tableaux Vivants as architectural forms but has not explored their significance as an important means of expression and persuasion.
