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Zeuxis
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Zeux·is  (zkss) Fifth century b.c.
Greek artist who was among the first Athenians to use shading, thereby achieving a degree of realism hitherto unknown in Greek painting.

Zeuxis [ˈzjuːksɪs]
n
(Biographies / Zeuxis (5th century bc-5th century bc) M, Greek, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) late 5th century bc, Greek painter, noted for the verisimilitude of his works


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Pliny recounts a competition between Zeuxis and Parrhasius, the leading painters of fifth century B.
It is not always recollected that the famous episode of Zeuxis and Parrhasius, with the painting of the grapes that deceives the birds, is set by Pliny in the theater.
 
 
 
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