Tuesday

The Convex Mirror...


Mirrors! Once I saw this amazing post about convex mirrors...
you know these curved mirrors..fish eye mirrors...that make your
nose SO big!! Well, I wanted to show you some of the images...
but I couldn't find the blog again!! But I found some of my own
Take a look...I hope you like the images:


Petrus Christus. A Goldsmith in his Shop.
Possibly by Saint Eligius, 1449...and detail (sorry for the poor quality!)



Quentin Massys (1466–1530):
'The Money Changer and His Wife', 1514....and detail:
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William Orpen (1878–1931): 'The Mirror', 1900
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Jan van Eyck: 'The Arnolfini Portrait', 1434....and detail:



Mark Gertler: 'Still Life With Self-Portrait'
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Parmigianino (1505-40): 'Self-portrait in a convex Mirror'
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George Lambert (1873-1930): 'The Convex Mirror'
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4 comments:

Art et Vintage said...

**Hi!**
The first picture is absbsolutely wonderful: don't you know who's the author?

And thank you for your so sweet comment about "peacock's garden"!

Aputsiaq said...

Hii Art et Vintage!

Oh, I'm going to miss your blog (and now see peacock imges all over...I really do!)!!!!

I posted the first (and pretty) image before...a long time ago...and this is just a detail. It is:

Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1430-1516):
'Naked Young Woman in Front of the Mirror', 1515

Art et Vintage said...

Thank you, dear friend !!
I will reblog this picture on my art blog!

You know what? Since I've closed this blog, I see birds and peacocks images all over too. And I saw you post some on your tumblr blog :O!!

Aputsiaq said...

Isn't that strange...now there are birds all over!!