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PAUSIAS
, a See also:Greek painter of the 4th See also:century, of the school of See also:Sicyon
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He introduced the See also:custom of See also:painting ceilings of houses
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His See also:great merit appears to have lain in the better rendering of foreshortening
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The words in which See also:Pliny (See also:xxxv
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127) describes a See also:bull painted by him should be quoted: " Wishing to display the length of the bull's See also:body, he painted it from the front, not in See also:profile, and yet fully indicated its measure
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