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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Zeuxis

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.

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

To be esteemed as a painter was to be compared with lost and mythic artists: Parrhasios, Zeuxis and Apelles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Parrhasius outdid him, however, by fashioning a curtain that Zeuxis, mistaking for fabric, attempted to pull open.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the following morning Zeuxis prepared for the games.

From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various