The Mirrors of the Master

István Orosz

A chapter in M.C. Escher’s Legacy, 2003, pp 215-229 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It is Leonardo da Vinci who writes these words [1]. For Leonardo, mirror is not only a symbol of an everyday object or a useful tool. In these few words we can discern the eternal question of art: the dilemma of showing illusion and essence, the transcendent and empirical world. Mirror is the starting point of every visual presentation — to hold up a mirror to the world to face itself is the most ancient metaphor of art.

Keywords: Spherical Mirror; Linear Perspective; Impossible Object; Painted Panel; Distorted Figure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28849-X_22

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