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- catalog abstract ""How can we tell the difference between a reflection and the real thing? How does a reflection betray its identity? Why is it that when we look at a mirror we can see either our reflection or the mirror but not both at the same time? How and when do we learn to recognise our own reflection? What does a reflective surface look like and how can we distinguish it from a non-reflective surface? Why is it that certain paintings may be turned upside down and still be visually acceptable? How are the various qualities of reflection represented in art - from the diffuse sheen of burnished copper to the realism of silvered glass?" "In this innovative book, published to accompany the exhibition Mirror Image at the National Gallery, London, Jonathan Miller discusses these puzzling questions and investigates the pictorial representation of reflection - 'sheen, shine, glimmer and gleam' - through a wonderfully varied selection of paintings and photographs, covering nine centuries, drawn from the National Gallery and other international collections."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Mirror image.".
- catalog contributor b11001641.
- catalog contributor b11001642.
- catalog contributor b11001643.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""How can we tell the difference between a reflection and the real thing? How does a reflection betray its identity? Why is it that when we look at a mirror we can see either our reflection or the mirror but not both at the same time? How and when do we learn to recognise our own reflection? What does a reflective surface look like and how can we distinguish it from a non-reflective surface? Why is it that certain paintings may be turned upside down and still be visually acceptable? How are the various qualities of reflection represented in art - from the diffuse sheen of burnished copper to the realism of silvered glass?" "In this innovative book, published to accompany the exhibition Mirror Image at the National Gallery, London, Jonathan Miller discusses these puzzling questions and investigates the pictorial representation of reflection - 'sheen, shine, glimmer and gleam' - through a wonderfully varied selection of paintings and photographs, covering nine centuries, drawn from the National Gallery and other international collections."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Neil MacGregor -- Light and lustre -- Highlights -- Reflective glass -- Shading and shining -- Virtual surfaces -- Looking at and looking through -- Seeing backwards -- Invisible mirrors -- Self-recognition -- Self-regard -- Self-representation -- camera as mirror -- Self-assertion -- Someone else.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-215) and index.".
- catalog extent "224 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1857092368".
- catalog identifier "1857092376 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : National Gallery Publications ; [New Haven] : Distributed by Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "Art Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Light in art.".
- catalog subject "Mirrors in art.".
- catalog subject "N8224.M6 M54 1998".
- catalog subject "Reflection (Optics) in art.".
- catalog subject "Reflections.".
- catalog subject "Visual perception.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Neil MacGregor -- Light and lustre -- Highlights -- Reflective glass -- Shading and shining -- Virtual surfaces -- Looking at and looking through -- Seeing backwards -- Invisible mirrors -- Self-recognition -- Self-regard -- Self-representation -- camera as mirror -- Self-assertion -- Someone else.".
- catalog title "On reflection / Jonathan Miller ; [editor, Valerie Mendes].".
- catalog type "text".