I just moved into this nice new apartment- already furnished and with several large mirrors hanging. I just realized last night that two big mirrors face each other at either end of the main hallway- you can basically look into infinity in either one although they're only about 15 ft away from each other. The images are self-similar and repeat endlessly...
It reminded me of this famous Dutch painting although i guess Jan Van Eyck's mirror doesn't repeat endlessly- BUT while i was searching for the image i also found this intersting image/info about another mirror.
Tibetan, 17th Century
Divination Mirror of the State Oracle of Tibet
"Seven metal" silver alloy, gold, and turquoise.
"When advising the Dalai Lama, the State Oracle wears an elaborate costume, including this mirror on his chest. In deep trance, he looks into the mirror, not directly, but through another mirror held by an assistant in front of him. Through this doubly distant vision he foretells the future and gives advice."
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Josiah McElheny does a lot with mirrors and infinity in his work: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Josiah+McElheny
I love this painting, I think it's so great that the other side of the scene (where the viewer is supposedly standing) can be seen through the mirror. I can't think of anything specifically, but I've seen pieces before that are an image of someone holding an image, and this image is of someone holding an image, and so on.
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