Lifelike paintings

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Some of the encaustic paintings, and the polychrome mosaic from the other post, make me remember a passage from the Satyricon, where the hero is in an art gallery admiring the life like paintings, as if they are breathing. Maybe because they have deteriorated badly but Pompeiian frescos look like they were also pretty realistic.<br>
I was wondering if anyone can think of any other references to the lifelike qualities of Roman art in ancient literature. <p></p><i></i>