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单词 zeuxian
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Zeuxianadj.

Brit. /ˈz(j)uːksɪən/, U.S. /ˈzuksiən/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Zeuxis , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Zeuxis (see Zeuxis n.) + -ian suffix.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Zeuxis or his art (see Zeuxis n.); esp. characterized by a high level of realism, or by the combination of individual elements considered to represent the best of their kind to form an ideal whole.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > ancient, primitive, or pre-Renaissance > [adjective] > ancient Greek > painter
Zeuxian1635
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. ix. 157 Is not this Type well cut? In ev'ry part Full of rich cunning? fil'd with Zeuxian Art?
1682 H. C. in J. Dunton House of Weeping Poem to Author sig. A10v The Figure's drawn to th' life, yea ev'ry part Is grac'd and deckt with more than Zeuxian Art.
1880 B. Carr Marston Hall xxxix. 308 Bright chintz curtains..flaunt orange-colored roses with immense purple leaves, as gayly as though exhibiting a Zeuxian representation of Nature.
1989 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 47 353/2 The Zeuxian image..duplicates..not the object world itself..but the arrest of that world by the perceiving and conceptualizing mind.
2011 16th Cent. Jrnl. 42 726 Vasari subscribed to a model of Zeuxian selective imitation by which the artists combined the best parts of selected models to form a beautiful whole.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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