Show greek artist exhibited proverbial temperament apelles famous greek painter who painted the famous venus rising from the sea and the picture of alexander holding holdin a thunderbolt which sold for the equivalent of had a novel method of obtaining criticism first hand when he completed a picture he be placed it in a public place and then hid bid behind it to overhear what passersby said of it IL one case is cited in which a shoemaker after careful scrutiny took exception to the shoes on the main figure and apelles took the picture away to correct the mistake A day or so later the same shoemaker found further fault with another feature but apelles stepped around in front and requested him to confine his fault find ing to matters in which he was well versed apelles lived live in the third century before christ and little Is 13 known of his life none of his hia paintings has survived to the present although art lore Is filled with stories of his excellence |