Show Painting Too Natural pronounced sis sis a Greek painter who lived in the lat lat- latter latter lat lat- latter ter part of the Fifth Filth century B. B C. C is said to have painted a bunch of grapes which looked so natural that birds pecked at them This is sup sup- supposed supposed supposed posed to have occurred during a competition between and a ayoung ayoung ayoung young rival named admitted his rivals rival's super super- superiority superiority superiority when painted a curtain by which the older artist himself himsel was deceived Pliny gives a somewhat different version of the grape story He says painted a boy holding grapes towards which birds flew commenting up up- upon upon upon on the incident remarked that if the boy had been as well painted as the grapes the birds would have been afraid to approach |