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 | History of Trompe L'oeil Continued................................ Pliny the Elder, (a Roman scholar) ,in his Natural History, reports a story of a famous rivalry between the artists Zeuxis and Parrhasius (about 400 BC) After being challenged by Parrhasius as to who could produce the most realistic painting, Zeuxis pulled the drapes from in front of his painting and birds flew down from the sky to peck at the painted grapes. The master then turned to his opponent in triumph and said "Draw back the curtain and reveal your painting." Parrhasius knew he had won because the curtains were part of his painting. Pliny recounts another competition in which the winner's painted horses caused live horses to neigh in response. Although we do not know how true the stories are, they are evidence both for the existence of trompe l'oeil quality painting and for the culture's admiration of it. (Trompe L'oeil, Battersby p. 9) | | |||||||||||||
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