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	Zeuxis - LoveToKnow 1911
		It is perhaps a variation of this story when we are told (Pliny) that Zeuxis also painted a boy holding grapes towards which birds flew, the artist remarking that if the boy had been as well painted as the grapes the birds would have kept at a distance.
		Lucian, in his Zeuxis, speaks of him as carrying this search to a novel and strange degree, as illustrated in the group of a female Centaur with her young.
		But, in spite of the tendency towards realism inherent in the new method of Zeuxis, he is said to have retained the ideality which had characterized his predecessors.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Zeuxis (733 words)

	ZEUXIS/BIOGRAPHY
		Zeuxis was born in Héraclee around 464 B.-C and was presumably the pupil of Appolodore.
		Zeuxis also painted a family of Centaurs which was considered as one of his masterpieces.
		Zeuxis painted a still-life of grapes which was so perfect that birds tried to pick up while Parrhasius showed him a painting covered by a veil which he tried to raise but it occurred that the veil was in fact a painting itself.
	www.artcult.com /zeuxis.html (218 words)

	Grapes and Curtains
		Zeuxis had painted grapes so realistically on a wall that birds were deceived enough to peck at the fruit.
		When Zeuxis tried to lift the curtain from the panel to see the painting underneath he found that the draped curtains themselves were the actual painting.
		Zeuxis was happy to concede since he had only deceived birds whereas Parrhasius had fooled a human being.
	www.jameshyde.com /pages/vikmuniz.html (2525 words)

	Lucian on Zeuxis and the Centaur Family
		Zeuxis, that pre-eminent artist, avoided painting popular and hackneyed themes as far as he could (I mean heroes, gods, wars); he was always aiming at novelty and whenever he thought up something unheard-of and strange he showed the precision of his craftsmanship by depicting it.
		Among the bold innovations of this Zeuxis was his painting of a female Hippocentaur, one moreover that was feeding twin Hippocentaur children, no more than babies.
		Zeuxis thought that this picture would send his viewers into raptures over his skill when they saw it.
	members.aol.com /davidalway/lucian.htm (877 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1323 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Now since the celebrated Zeuxis was a native of Heracleia, since his age would just suit the date of this allusion [zedxjs], and since he is expressly mentioned by Socrates elsewhere (Xen.
		When Antiochus himself marched against Molo, Zeuxis persuaded him to cross the river, and was in command of the left wing in the battle that ensued.
		1, 24.) In the decisive battle with the Romans, Zeuxis was one of the commanders of the front line (Appian, Syr.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3657.html (1069 words)

	oil painting » Painter - Zeuxis and Parrhasius
		‘Zeuxis and Parrhasius, painters of Ephesus in the 5th century BC, are reported in the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder to have dramatic a contest to determine which of the two the greater artist was.
		When Zeuxis exposes his painting of grapes, they appeared so luscious and inviting those birds flew down from the sky to peck at them.
		When it was exposed that the blind itself was Parrhasius’ painting, Zeuxis was forced to grant defeat, for while his work had managed to fool the eyes of birds, Parrhasius had take in the eyes of an artist.
	1artclub.com /oil-paintings/2006/07/05/painter-zeuxis-and-parrhasius (231 words)

	Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Zeuxis, for which the group is named, was an ancient Greek still life painter whose work was described by the Roman writer, Pliny.
		Zeuxis was founded in 1994, and is a grass roots project that promotes artists practicing an intuitive approach to painting still life.
		"Zeuxis at Marywood" was curated by Mark Webber and sponsored in part by a grant from the Cultural Affairs Committee of Marywood University.
	www.marywood.edu /www2/prweb/press/archive/1999/dec/zeuxis.html (328 words)

	FRANÇOIS-ANDRÉ VINCENT - Biography and Zeuxis Choosing His Models from the Girls of Croton
		Despite their political liberalism, neither artist was concerned with challenging society's stereotypical views of the male and female role, and both paintings may be regarded as perpetuating contemporary views of women's sentimental nature.
		Her effeminate Zeuxis sits between two of the girls, placing one in a suitable pose while the others, spaced evenly across the canvas, look on; the standing models seem to dominate the seated artist.
		It is evident that the move to open the space in the centre was gradual, Vincent accomplishing this by enlarging the canvas in the stage between the undraped drawing of 1788 and the painting of 1789, while David eliminates the subsidiary figures, tightening the group of mourning women.
	www.europeanpaintings.com /french/vincent.htm (3003 words)

	Zeuxis (c. 455-400 B.C.)
		It is probable that he was born, about 455 B.C., in the Heracleia, situated on the Black Sea; that he studied painting at Ephesus, as he is said to have belonged to the Ionian school of painting, which was a realistic type, tending to sensual charm.
		His works, which were mostly on panel, were scattered, by plunder or sale, over the ancient world, and, though some seem to have been extant in the age of Cicero and Pliny, it is doubtful if any survived in the second century of the Christian era.
		By common consent Zeuxis was, with Parrhasius, his younger rival, the most eminent master of ancient painting.
	www.usefultrivia.com /biographies/zeuxis_001.html (420 words)

	Zeuxxxis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Zeuxis - a Greek artist who was born in Heraklea and lived in Athens in the early IV century B.C. Since not one of his works has come down to us, his reputation is based solely on classical literature.
		Therefore they hired Zeuxis of Heraclea at a vast price, who was at that time considered to be far superior to all other painters, and employed him in that business.
		Nor were they deceived in that expectation: for Zeuxis immediately asked of them what beautiful virgins they had; and they immediately led him into the palaestra, and there showed him numbers of boys of the highest birth and of the greatest beauty.
	web.mac.com /avvakir/iWeb/PhotoProp/Zeuxxxis.html (528 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1324 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The celebrated painter, who excelled all his contemporaries except Parrhasius, and whose name is one of the most renowned in the history of ancient art, was a native of Heracleia ; but which of the cities of that name had the honour of his birth we are not informed.
		The question deserves investigation whether, when Heracleia is mentioned without any distinctive addition by an Athenian writer of the time of Xenophon and Plato, we are not justified in assuming that the reference is to Heracleia on the Euxine.
		The probability of this city having been the birth-place of Zeuxis is confirmed by the well-known fact, that the artist belonged to the Asiatic school of painting ; a fact which is also indicated in the tradition which made him a native of Ephesus (Tzetz.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3658.html (743 words)

	bolagram
		Zeuxis, not wishing to over-embarrass his rival, came forward after a longish interval and directly addressed the painter.
		The jury, audience, and Zeuxis thought that Parrhasios was at the breaking point, that he was emotionally crushed by the nearness of defeat.
		The anecdote strikingly demonstrates the 'two-screen theory', since there are 'two walls', the Zeuxis wall, supposed to disappear through the collaborative consent of the audience willing to be sucked in by the illusion ($) and the Parrhasios wall, that really DOES appear although it (with the curtain on it) doesn't exist.
	art3idea.psu.edu /boundaries/bolagrams/zeuxis_parhassios.html (1259 words)

	Zeuxis and Parrhasius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When Zeuxis unveiled his painting of grapes, they appeared so luscious and inviting that birds flew down from the sky to peck at them.
		When it was discovered that the curtain itself was Parrhasius' painting, Zeuxis was forced to concede defeat, for while his work had managed to fool the eyes of birds, Parrhasius had deceived the eyes of an artist.
		During his competition with Parrhasios, Zeuxis is rumoured to have said: 'I've deceived the birds, but Parrhasios has deceived Zeuxis.' Zeuxis often thought himself misunderstood by his public and Aristotle did not like him at all.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zeuxis (322 words)

	Tarbell : Zeuxis and Parrhasius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The rather vague remark of a Roman writer, that they both lived "about the time of the Peloponnesian War" (431-404 B.C.) is as definite a statement as can safely be made about their date.
		Zeuxis availed himself of the innovation of Apollodorus and probably carried it farther.
		The result of this sort of private demand was what we have seen taking place a hundred years later in the case of sculpture, viz.: that artists became free to employ their talents on any subjects which would gratify the taste of patrons.
	www.ellopos.net /elpenor/greek-texts/ancient-greece/history-of-ancient-greek-art-80.asp (477 words)

	THE CLEOPATRA CURSE
		As Zeuxis crept closer, he saw a horse’s hoof buried under the splinters of wood and leather.
		As Zeuxis watched, the older boy knelt near the starting gates and dug a hole in the sand with his dagger.
		Zeuxis thanked the gods for giving him this opportunity to bring his dream a bit closer, and dragged the reluctant donkey into the narrow streets of the Egyptian Quarter.
	www.knibb.org /roberts/cleo-excerpt.html (1147 words)

	RPG Archive: Role Playing Community Site and Online Adventure Database
		Zeuxis was sent to the home of Cailzar to give him the tome, with the understanding that if it was evil by any nature the tome would be destroyed.
		But Zeuxis was not powerful enough to banish the creature, so calling upon his god.
		Zeuxis was granted special powers to imprison the creature within the walls of the keep.
	www.rpgarchive.com /index.php?page=adv1&advid=67 (11632 words)

	Trompe l'Oeil \| Eric Conklin, Trompe l'Oeil Artist
		So impressed was fellow artist and rival Parrhasius, that in a few weeks he asked Zeuxis to come to his studio to see his painting.
		Zeuxis went to Parrhasius' studio and there before him was the painting draped by a curtain.
		Zeuxis approached the painting and when he tried to pull back the curtain to reveal the painting, he found that the curtain had been painted.
	www.ericconklin.com /trompeloeil.html (676 words)

	Zeuxis, Greece, ancient history
		Zeuxis often thought himself misunderstood by his public and Aristotle did not like him at all.
		Zeuxis painted some graped, that seemed so real that the birds came to eat them.
		Zeuxis worked out how to use light and shades to give the impression of depth.
	www.in2greece.com /english/historymyth/history/ancient/zeuxis.htm (224 words)

	Forms of Reality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The best-known ancient anecdotes, for example, tell of two painters, Zeuxis and Parrhasios, according to the reading in Plinius' “Historia Naturalis XXXV.” Zeuxis boasted about his artful painting: “Grape Birds.” He had been bragging about his picture, as if he could touch the fruit that he had painted.
		Zeuxis was asked to remove the curtains that hid the paintings, but the curtains were painted with the work, and the painted illusion became noticeable only when people observed the work in the proper light.
		However, the Netherlanders suspected that the painting was from the line of work of Zeuxis and Parrhasios and which is always done in a manner of extreme realism.
	sun.soci.niu.edu /~benm/kampmann.html (1931 words)

	Zeuxis' Xbox 360 can blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		While Zeuxis was away yesterday, I was sitting here alone counting up all the achievement points he was missing out on!
		Zeuxis is making me proud and his opponents jealous...
		Zeuxis hit the switch and fired me up yesterday.
	www.360voice.com /blog.asp?tag=Zeuxis (553 words)

	Zeuxis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Zeuxis musste zugeben dass er wie die Vögel mit den Trauben glaubte dass der Vorhang real war.
		Zeuxis malte die schöne Helena nach einer Bitte der Einwohner von Krotona, die Helena wie es in Sparta auch üblich war wurde wie eine Göttin verehrt.
		Zeuxis wollte die schönsten Mädchen von Krotona sehen als Model der Helena.
	www.mlahanas.de /Hellas/Biographie/Zeuxis.html (585 words)

	Aegyptopithecus zeuxis
		Aegyptopithecus zeuxis had a dental formula of 2:1:2:3 on both the upper and lower jaws (Fleagle, 1988).
		Aegyptopithecus zeuxis had an average body mass of around 6.7 kilograms (Fleagle, 1988).
		Aegyptopitheucs zeuxis was found in Africa and discovered in the country of Egypt (Fleagle, 1988).
	members.tripod.com /cacajao/aegyptopithecus_zeuxis.html (477 words)

	Too Beautiful to Picture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As first reported by Cicero and Pliny, the painter Zeuxis set out to portray Helen of Troy, but when he realized that a single model could not match Helen’s beauty, he combined the best features of five different models.
		She finds in the Zeuxis myth evidence of a cultural primal scene that manifests itself in gendered terms.
		Throughout, Mansfield asserts that the Zeuxis legend encodes an unconscious record of the West’s reliance on mimetic representation as a vehicle for metaphysical solace.
	www.upress.umn.edu /Books/M/mansfield_too.html (216 words)

	National Gallery of Art \| Press Office
		The story of Zeuxis' painting set a standard for the perfect imitation of nature and made grapes a subject par excellence for trompe l'oeil artists aiming to demonstrate their skill.
		Not to be outdone in the competition with Zeuxis, the ancient Greek artist Parrhasios created a trompe l'oeil painting of a curtain and showed the work to his rival.
		When Zeuxis realized that he had been fooled, he declared Parrhasios the winner of the contest, for the curtain had fooled a connoisseur--an artist--while Zeuxis' grapes had fooled only birds.
	www.nga.gov /press/2002/exhibitions/deceptions/walltxt.htm (3027 words)

	Xenia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Zeuxis exhibited a painting of grapes that was so illusionistic that some birds flew down and began to pick at it.
		When it turned out that the curtain was painted, Zeuxis admitted defeat; whereas he himself had fooled the birds, Parrhasios had deceived an artist.
		Zeuxis had painted grapes so lifelike that birds came to pick at them, but Parrhasios painted a curtain over the panel, which Zeuxis tried to lift, thereby admitting defeat.
	helios.hampshire.edu /~masMB/courses/intropainting/still_life/xenia.html (746 words)

	zeuxis, grekland, antik historia
		En anekdot handlar om hur Zeuxis och en annan mycket känd konstnär, Parrhasios, en gång tävlade i om vem som kunde måla den mest realistiska tavlan.
		Zeuxis målade några vindruvor, och de verkade så äkta att fåglar försökte äta dem.
		Zeuxis framarbetade en metod hur man använder ljus och skuggor för att ge ett intryck av djup.
	www.in2greece.com /swedish/historymyth/history/ancient/zeuxis.htm (177 words)

	Biografia de Zeuxis
		A propósito de Zeuxis, se contaba la fábula -repetida hasta la saciedad durante el Renacimiento- de que para representar a Helena de Troya rogó a las cinco doncellas más bellas de la ciudad de Crotona que le permitieran pintar lo más bello de cada una de ellas.
		En opinión del autor griego Luciano, parece que Zeuxis consideró la captación de los efectos lumínicos como su mayor descubrimiento.
		Zeuxis ejerció una enorme influencia en la pintura griega y romana de la antigüedad, aunque sus pinturas fueran criticadas por Aristóteles a fines del siglo IV a.C.; según el filósofo, Zeuxis prefería el pathos (expresión dramática) al ethos (carácter, psicología de los personajes).
	www.biografiasyvidas.com /biografia/z/zeuxis.htm (508 words)

	The Art of the Greeks
		The arrivai in Athens from Sicily of the painter Zeuxis was as important as that of the philosopher Gorgias, also from Sicily, who influenced the birth of rhetoric.
		The climax of classical art amidst the crisis of war, the radicalism of the Athenian generai Alkibiades, and the impatience of the new intellectuals saw the creation of an extrovert painting style.
		Stating that he would rather paint for the future than for the city, Zeuxis portrayed a range of everyday subjects for a circle of independent art lovers, which suggests that genre painting was popular with individual enthusiasts.
	www.all-art.org /history52-3.html (1873 words)

	Works of Lucian, Vol. II: Zeuxis and Antiochus
		The great Zeuxis, after he had established his artistic supremacy, seldom or never painted such common popular subjects as Heroes, Gods, and battle-pieces; he was always intent on novelty; he would hit upon some extravagant and strange design, and then use it to show his mastery of the art.
		It was perfectly wonderful, again, to see the combination of wildness and infancy, of terrible and tender, in the young ones, looking up in baby curiosity at the lion-cub, while they held on to breast and dug, and cuddled close to their dam.
		Zeuxis saw that they were preoccupied with the novelty of his subject, art was at a discount, and truth of rendering quite a minor matter.
	www.sacred-texts.com /cla/luc/wl2/wl207.htm (1212 words)

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		According to the story, Zeuxis painted grapes with such a skill that the birds begun to fly down trying to eat from the painted vine. RealityEngine is a high-performance graphics computer which was manufactured by Silicon Graphics Inc. in the last decade of the twentieth century AC.
		And this ability of a viewer to interact with a representation may be as important in contributing to the overall reality effect as the images themselves.
		Its annual SIGGRAPH conventions is the competition between Zeuxis and Parrhasius on the industrial scale: about 40,000 people gather on a trade floor around thousands of new hardware and software displays, all competing with each other to deliver the best illusionistic images.
	www.manovich.net /DOCS/simulation.doc (5838 words)

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