zeuxianhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zeuxian_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZeuxian, adj.
Revised 2018

Zeuxianadjective

  1. 1635–
    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.
    1. 1635
      Is not this Type well cut? In ev'ry part Full of rich cunning? fil'd with Zeuxian Art?
      F. Quarles, Emblemes iii. ix. 157
    2. 1682
      The Figure's drawn to th' life, yea ev'ry part Is grac'd and deckt with more than Zeuxian Art.
      H. C. in J. Dunton, House of Weeping Poem to Author sig. A10v
    3. 1880
      Bright chintz curtains..flaunt orange-colored roses with immense purple leaves, as gayly as though exhibiting a Zeuxian representation of Nature.
      B. Carr, Marston Hall xxxix. 308
    4. 1989
      The Zeuxian image..duplicates..not the object world itself..but the arrest of that world by the perceiving and conceptualizing mind.
      Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism vol. 47 353/2
    5. 2011
      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.
      16th Century Journal vol. 42 726

Originally published as part of the entry for Zeuxis, n.

Zeuxian, adj. was revised in June 2018.

Zeuxian, adj. was last modified in July 2023.