Zeuxisn.

Brit.

/ˈz(j)uːksɪs/, U.S.

/ˈzuksəs/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Zeuxis.

Etymology: < the name of Zeuxis (classical Latin Zeuxis, ancient Greek Ζεῦξις), an ancient Greek painter (5th cent. b.c.).

An artist likened in some way to the Greek painter Zeuxis; used esp. with reference to his skill in producing extremely lifelike pictures, or his method of selecting attributes from different models and combining them to produce a composite idealized figure.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > ancient, primitive, or pre-Renaissance > [noun] > painter

Zeuxis1577

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > painter > distinguished

Zeuxis1577

Apelles?1614

old master1696

RA1785

1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 56 A Painter once (that was a Zeuxis for his skill) Had children foule, deformed, blacke and of complexion ill.

?1614 W. Drummond Sonnet: In vaine I haunt in Poems Desire (alas) Desire a Zeuxis new, From th' Orient borrowing Gold, from Westerne Skies Heauenly Cinabre, sets before my Eyes In euery place, her Haire, sweet looke, and Hue.

1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles xii. 47 Not the richest Skill of a Zeuxis or Apelles beautifying the Walls of this Fabrick, could ever supply the Absence of the Sun, or compensate the Loss of Light and Heat.

1888 Ann. Rep. Trustees Metrop. Museum Art No. 19 421 In such a land you might well imagine that a Greek..needed only paint and brush to be a Zeuxis or a Parrhasius.

1999 A. Carson Econ. of Unlost ii. 62 The painting he creates is not one that would please a Zeuxis or a Protagoras.

Derivatives

ˈZeuxis-like adj. [compare earlier Zeuxian adj.] resembling or characteristic of Zeuxis or his art (see main sense); cf. Zeuxian adj.

ΚΠ

1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia i. 69 His starry eyes..rowled to and fro in that Garden of Beauties, as if he, Zeuxis like, pickt out here and there a heavenly feature, to compose a Posie and mixture of all excellencies and perfections.

1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 299 A vase containing white lilies..painted with such Zeuxis-like skill, that birds..have been seen attempting to..peck the flowers.

1942 Burlington Mag. Feb. 36/2 Nature was still his subject—but a nature no longer akin to the idea of a generalized form derived from a Zeuxis-like selection.

2005 M. M. Lovell Art in Season of Revol. iii. 58 They [sc. portraits] also were perceived to incorporate a Zeuxis-like deceptively magical replication of reality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zeuxis
释义	Zeuxisn. Brit. /ˈz(j)uːksɪs/, U.S. /ˈzuksəs/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Zeuxis. Etymology: < the name of Zeuxis (classical Latin Zeuxis, ancient Greek Ζεῦξις), an ancient Greek painter (5th cent. b.c.). An artist likened in some way to the Greek painter Zeuxis; used esp. with reference to his skill in producing extremely lifelike pictures, or his method of selecting attributes from different models and combining them to produce a composite idealized figure. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > ancient, primitive, or pre-Renaissance > [noun] > painter Zeuxis1577 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > painter > distinguished Zeuxis1577 Apelles?1614 old master1696 RA1785 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 56 A Painter once (that was a Zeuxis for his skill) Had children foule, deformed, blacke and of complexion ill. ?1614 W. Drummond Sonnet: In vaine I haunt in Poems Desire (alas) Desire a Zeuxis new, From th' Orient borrowing Gold, from Westerne Skies Heauenly Cinabre, sets before my Eyes In euery place, her Haire, sweet looke, and Hue. 1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles xii. 47 Not the richest Skill of a Zeuxis or Apelles beautifying the Walls of this Fabrick, could ever supply the Absence of the Sun, or compensate the Loss of Light and Heat. 1888 Ann. Rep. Trustees Metrop. Museum Art No. 19 421 In such a land you might well imagine that a Greek..needed only paint and brush to be a Zeuxis or a Parrhasius. 1999 A. Carson Econ. of Unlost ii. 62 The painting he creates is not one that would please a Zeuxis or a Protagoras. Derivatives ˈZeuxis-like adj. [compare earlier Zeuxian adj.] resembling or characteristic of Zeuxis or his art (see main sense); cf. Zeuxian adj. ΚΠ 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia i. 69 His starry eyes..rowled to and fro in that Garden of Beauties, as if he, Zeuxis like, pickt out here and there a heavenly feature, to compose a Posie and mixture of all excellencies and perfections. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 299 A vase containing white lilies..painted with such Zeuxis-like skill, that birds..have been seen attempting to..peck the flowers. 1942 Burlington Mag. Feb. 36/2 Nature was still his subject—but a nature no longer akin to the idea of a generalized form derived from a Zeuxis-like selection. 2005 M. M. Lovell Art in Season of Revol. iii. 58 They [sc. portraits] also were perceived to incorporate a Zeuxis-like deceptively magical replication of reality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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