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Trompe l'oeil storyFor the moment not for sale. Illustrate the story about two painters
( in the 5th century BC) They
have staged a contest to
determine which of the two was the greater artist. When Zeuxis unveiled his
painting of grapes, they appeared so luscious and inviting that birds flew down
from the sky to peck at them. Zeuxis then asked Parrhasius to pull aside the
curtain from his painting. 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 a
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