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Parrhasius
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Parrhasius Greek painter from Ephesus, active in the later 5th century bc. He is said to have been particularly skilful in the use of contour and in depicting character through facial expression, and his mastery of illusionism is recorded in one of
Pliny's most famous anecdotes. It concerns a contest Parrhasius had with
Zeuxis, who painted some grapes so naturalistically that birds came to peck at them. Victory seeming to be his, he called on Parrhasius to draw back the curtain concealing his picture, but this turned out to be a painted curtain. Zeuxis conceded the contest: he had deceived the birds, but Parrhasius had deceived him.
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The Language of Framing.
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Studies; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the anecdote with a fictive account of Parrhasius, and his frame. When Alexander had...none engrave him but Pirgotales, Parrhasius framed a Table squared everye way twoo...with-out fashion being so great. Parrhasius answered him, "Let it be lawful for...
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Getting Real
Newspaper article from: Seven Days; 4/16/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...two still-life painters: Zeuxis and Parrhasius. Zeuxis' still life was so realistic...eat his succulent grapes. When it was Parrhasius' turn to unveil his painting, he gave...I have deceived the birds, but Parrhasius has deceived Zeuxis." Parrhasius...
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Robert Bateman's natural worlds
Magazine article from: Journal of Canadian Studies; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Timanthes, Androcydes, Eupompus, Parrhasius. This last, it is recorded, entered...eat from the painted vine. Whereupon Parrhasius designed so lifelike a picture of a...had managed only to deceive birds, Parrhasius had deceived an artist. Bryson sees...
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Games of illusion and reality
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 2/5/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...describes a competition in eye-deluding between the painters Zeuxis and Parrhasius. Birds were fooled into pecking Zeuxis' grapes, but Zeuxis himself was fooled by Parrhasius' curtain. Consequently, curtains - and grapes - were popular subjects...
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Visual Art: Ugh! Take out the life and all that's left is the horror Duane Hanson Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art EDINBURGH
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 1/5/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...did it all begin? Around 400BC, I guess, with Zeuxis and Parrhasius. According to Pliny, the Greeks held a contest to see who...birds pecked at the still life of grapes he'd set up outside Parrhasius's studio; when he tried to pull aside a curtain to tell...
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THE CRITICS: This room needs a fresh coat VISUAL ART Archipeinture Camden Arts Centre LONDON
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 7/30/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...defying their supports by punching holes in them. In return, ceilings and walls have been the subject of painters since Parrhasius and his curtain: Piero's ideal city, the neat interiors of Vermeer, Mondrian's gridded streets, Dexter Dalwood's...
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SLY ART For Faux painter Maddia Esquerre, illusion is reality
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/2/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Greeks as well. Zeuxis would have earned enduring fame 2,400 years ago by painting grapes that birds pecked at had not Parrhasius trumped him by painting a curtain that people wanted to lift. For every trompiste hanging in museums, there was the humble...
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The Limits of Art.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 7/30/1990; ; 700+ words
; The Limits of art takes its name from a statement by Parrhasius: "This I say, even though they that hear believe not: I declare that the clear limits of this art have been found under my...
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Mary Lathers, Bodies in Art: French Literary Realism and the Artist's Model.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Romanic Review; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...exercise for which the model stood. The question, as formulated by Andre, of puer vs. sentir is as old as Zeuxis' grapes and Parrhasius' curtain. One way of avoiding the imitation topos is by attributing, sentir, which Andre's text contrasts with puer...
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Parrhasius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Parrhasius , fl. c.400 BC, Greek painter. He was born in Ephesus but settled in Athens and is classed with the Attic painters. One of...
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Zeuxis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Apollodorus, and aided in developing a technique for painting light and shadow. Although none of his paintings survives, they are known through ancient writings. Pliny speaks of his competing with Parrhasius for realistic illusion.
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Greek art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...between 500 and 300 BC were Myron, Kresilas, Timotheus, and Bryaxis; painters included Polygnotus, Apollodorus, Zeuxis, Parrhasius, and Apelles. Aside from literary references, little is known about the actual work of these men. The style of the sculptors...
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trompe-l'œil
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...x153;il are typical of periods in which naturalism has been cultivated, such as the classical age in Greece (see Parrhasius ) and the Italian Renaissance . Vasari , for example, records that the young Giotto tricked his master Cimabue by painting...
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Timanthes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Timanthes , fl. c.400 BC, Greek painter of Sicyon, a contemporary of Parrhasius and Zeuxis. His masterpiece, Sacrifice of Iphigenia, was considered one of the great ancient paintings. His work is known through...
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