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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It was said of Zeuxis, the great artist of ancient Greece, that he could paint a bunch of grapes so realistically that birds would try to eat them.

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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.

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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.

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

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Of other painters who flourished at the end of the century, such as Zeuxis and Aristides, it will be best to speak under the next period.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various