[1939] In Chapter [2] of this Book.
[1940] From the construction of the passage, it is difficult to say whether he means to say that such colossal figures were till then unknown in painting, or whether that the use of canvass in painting was till then unknown. If the latter is the meaning, it is not exactly correct, though it is probable that the introduction of canvass for this purpose was comparatively late; there being no mention of its being employed by the Greek painters of the best periods.
[1941] See B. iii. c. 9, B. xiv. c. 3, and B. xvi. c. 91.
[1942] “Torcutæ.” For the explanation of this term, see end of B. [xxxiii].
[1943] In reality he was cousin or nephew of Phidias, by the father’s side, though Pausanias, B. v. c. 11, falls into the same error as that committed by Pliny. He is mentioned likewise by Strabo and Æschines.
[1947] See B. vii. c. 39.
[1948] Paintings with but one colour. “Monochromata,” as we shall see in Chapter [36], were painted at all times, and by the greatest masters. Those of Zeuxis corresponded with the Chiariscuri of the Italians, light and shade being introduced with the highest degree of artistic skill.