Zeuxis

American  

[zook-sis] / ˈzuk sɪs /

noun

1. flourished c430–c400 b.c., Greek painter.

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Zeuxis British  

/ ˈzjuːksɪs /

noun

1. late 5th century _bc , Greek painter, noted for the verisimilitude of his works

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Example Sentences

Trompe-l'Oeil is an off-beat school of art that goes back to the legendary Greek, Zeuxis, who was said to have painted grapes so realistically that birds swooped down to peck at them.

From Time Magazine Archive

The classic anecdote of the triumph of art as artifice concerned Zeuxis: when he unveiled his painting of grapes, birds flew down to peck at them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Zeuxis illustrated grapes so lifelike that birds swooped down and tried to eat them.

From Time Magazine Archive

The world's greatest painters, according to the writers of ancient Greece and Rome, were Greeks�Polygnotus, Zeuxis, Parrhasius and Apelles.

From Time Magazine Archive

What Zeuxis, the famous painter, said of his work, may much more truly be said of ours: "I paint for eternity."

From The Nation Behind Prison Bars by Herr, George L. (George Lewis)