 A mirror, reflecting a vase. A mirror is an object whose surface has good specular reflection; that is, it is smooth enough to form an image. The most familiar type of mirror is the plane mirror, which has a flat surface. Curved mirrors are also used, to produce magnified or demagnified images. A mirror with vase. ...
Diagram of specular reflection Specular reflection is the perfect, mirror-like reflection of light from a surface, in which light from a single incoming direction is reflected onto a single outgoing direction. ...
In common usage, an image (from Latin imago) or picture is an artifact that reproduces the likeness of some subject—usually a physical object or a person. ...
Reflections in a spherical convex mirror. ...
Magnification is the process of enlarging something only in appearance, not physical size. ...
The most common use of mirrors is in the home for personal grooming, but mirrors are also used in scientific apparatus such as telescopes and lasers, and in industrial machinery. Most mirrors are designed for visible light, however, mirrors designed for other wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation are also used, especially in optical instruments. A domestic cat grooming itself by licking its fur clean Personal grooming, sometimes called preening, or simply grooming, is the art of cleaning, grooming, and maintaining parts of the body. ...
50 cm refracting telescope at Nice Observatory. ...
A LASER (acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is an optical source that emits photons in a coherent beam. ...
The optical spectrum (light or visible spectrum) is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. ...
The wavelength is the distance between repeating units of a wave pattern. ...
Electromagnetic radiation can be imagined as a self-propagating transverse oscillating wave of electric and magnetic fields. ...
Effects
 In this diagram plain mirror waves reflect off a parabolic mirror to form waves converging onto a focal point. In a plane mirror, a parallel beam of light changes its direction as a whole, while still remaining parallel; the images formed by a plane mirror are virtual images, of the same size as the original object (see mirror image). There are also concave mirrors, where a parallel beam of light becomes a convergent beam, whose rays intersect in the focus of the mirror. Finally, there are convex mirrors, where a parallel beam becomes divergent, with the rays appearing to diverge from a common intersection "behind" the mirror. Spherical concave and convex mirrors do not focus parallel rays to a single point due to spherical aberration. (The ideal of focusing to a point is a commonly-used approximation, however.) Parabolic reflectors resolve this, allowing incoming parallel rays (for example, light from a distant star) to be focused to a small spot; almost an ideal point. Parabolic reflectors are not suitable for imaging nearby objects, however. Drawn by Theresa Knott File links The following pages link to this file: Mirror Categories: GFDL images ...
Parallel is a term in geometry and in everyday life that refers to a property in Euclidean space of two or more lines or planes, or a combination of these. ...
Prism splitting light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific context, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength[1]. The elementary particle that defines light is the photon. ...
Top: The formation of a virtual image using a concave lens. ...
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Reflections in a spherical convex mirror. ...
In the absence of a more specific context, convergence denotes the approach toward a definite value, as time goes on; or to a definite point, a common view or opinion, or toward a fixed or equilibrium state. ...
The focus or image point is the point where light rays, originating from a point in the object, converge [1]. The principal focus or focal point of a lens or parabolic mirror is the point onto which collimated light parallel to the axis is focused. ...
Reflections in a spherical convex mirror. ...
In optics, a ray is an idealized narrow beam of light. ...
Focal plane Longitudinal sections In optics, spherical aberration is an image imperfection that occurs due to the increased refraction of light rays that occurs when rays strike a lens or mirror near its edge, in comparison with those that strike nearer the center. ...
A parabolic reflector (also known as a parabolic dish or a parabolic mirror) is a reflective device formed in the shape of a paraboloid of revolution. ...
A beam of light reflects off a mirror at an angle of reflection that is equal to its angle of incidence. That is, if the beam of light is shining on a mirror's surface at a 30° angle from vertical, then it reflects from the point of incidence at a 30° angle from vertical in the opposite direction.
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Composition Early mirrors were usually a sheet of polished metal, often silver or copper, for example the Aranmula kannadi. Hot metal work from a blacksmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic pinkish red Atomic mass 63. ...
Aranmula kannadi is special type of mirror produced at Aranmula, a village in the state of Kerala in India. ...
Most modern mirrors consist of a thin layer of aluminium deposited on a sheet of glass. They are back silvered, where the reflecting surface is viewed through the glass sheet; this makes the mirror durable, but lowers the image quality of the mirror due to extraneous reflections from the front surface of the glass. This type of mirror reflects about 80% of the incident light. The "back side" of the mirror is often painted black to completely seal the metal from corrosion. General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ...
Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ...
Silvering is the chemical process of coating glass with a reflective substance, originally silver, in order to create a mirror. ...
Corrosion is deterioration of intrinsic properties in a material due to reactions with its environment. ...
Mirrors for precision optical applications are more likely to have the reflective coating on the front surface of the mirror, to improve the image quality. Metal films on the front surface are generally covered with a thin, transparent coating (often silica) to protect them from corrosion. In some cases, this coating may be designed to enhance the reflectivity as well. The chemical compound silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is the oxide of silicon, chemical formula SiO2. ...
Mirrors designed for special applications, such as in lasers and other advanced optical devices, use a reflective optical coating composed of many layers of different dielectric materials. Such coatings can be designed to have extremely high reflectivity and are reasonably durable. Since they absorb very little of the incident light, they can be used with high power lasers without being damaged by the intense beam. An optical coating is a thin layer of material placed on an optical component such as a lens or mirror which alters the way in which the optic reflects and transmits light. ...
A dielectric, or electrical insulator, is a substance that is highly resistant to electric current. ...
A Mangin mirror [1] is a combination lens and concave mirror and is widely used in optical instruments and even sometimes in cameras. See: [2] and [3]
Applications
 Reflections in a spherical convex mirror. The photographer is seen at top right Download high resolution version (500x708, 117 KB)Spherical mirror (actually a cinema) in Millennium Square, Bristol, England. ...
Download high resolution version (500x708, 117 KB)Spherical mirror (actually a cinema) in Millennium Square, Bristol, England. ...
Viewing
Viewing one's own body A mirror is used for inspecting parts of one's body which are difficult or impossible to see directly, such as the face, neck or the whole body. This may be to check physical appearance (including clothing, make-up, hair, etc.) or to control applying make-up, shaving, cutting hair, fixing one's tie, etc. Variation in the physical appearance of humans is believed by anthropologists to be an important factor in the development of personality and social relations in particular physical attractiveness. ...
Men and women wearing suits, an example of one of the many modern forms of clothing (from the 1937 Chicago Woolen Mills catalog) Clothing is defined, in its broadest sense, as coverings for the torso and limbs as well as coverings for the hands (gloves), feet (socks, shoes, sandals, boots...
Cosmetics or makeup are substances to enhance the beauty of the human body, apart from simple cleaning. ...
Young Girl Fixing her Hair, by Sophie Gengembre Anderson Hair is a filamentous outgrowth of dead cells from the skin, found only in mammals. ...
The optimal size and position for a mirror to view one's whole body is half of one's height with the top edge between the top of one's head and eyes.
It is a common superstition that someone who breaks a mirror will receive seven years of bad luck. The number 13 is often avoided in public buildings, also floors, doors and this Santa Anita Park horse stall. ...
Safety and easier viewing Rear-view mirrors are applied in and on vehicles (such as cars, or bicycles), to allow drivers to see other vehicles coming up behind them. The rear-view mirror of a Mazda 626. ...
The Trikke is a Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) This article is about the means of transport. ...
Some motorcycle helmets have a built-in so-called MROS (Multiple Reflective Optic System): a set of reflective surfaces inside the helmet which together function as a rear-view mirror [4]. A motorcycle helmet is a type of protective headgear used by motorcycle riders. ...
There exist rear view sunglasses, of which the left end of the left glass and the right end of the right glass work as mirrors. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Rounded (convex) mirrors are sometimes placed at road junctions, and corners of places such as parking lots or stores, allowing people to see around corners to avoid crashing into other vehicles or shopping carts. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 1058 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ...
Parking lot showing diagonal parking pattern designed for one-way traffic. ...
Mirrors are also sometimes used as part of security systems, so that a single video camera can show more than one angle at a time. A video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed by the television industry but now common in other applications as well. ...
An angle is the figure formed by two rays sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle. ...
High quality flat mirrors are essential for making corner reflectors, which are used for emergency location, and even laser ranging to the Moon. Buoy in San Diego Harbor. ...
Lidar (light detection and ranging) is a technology that determines distance to an object or surface using laser pulses. ...
Apparent magnitude: up to -12. ...
A mirror is sometimes used for voyeurism, e.g. upskirt. Other uses of mirrors in hedonistic acts include the classic 'mirror on the ceiling' for use during sex (see The Eagles' Hotel California), and the use of mirrors for 'cutting' and snorting cocaine. Use of a large number of mirrors in a confined space can act to satisfy people's desire for satisfaction of their ego, as in the hall of mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. Mirrors are sometimes used to cover an entire wall of a room, to give an impression that the room is much larger than it is. Voyeurism is a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. ...
Upskirt is a slang term which refers to images (usually photographic) that expose the view up a womans skirt (or dress). ...
The Eagles are an American rock music group that originally came together in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. ...
This article is about the album. ...
Cocaine (or crack in its impure freebase form) is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...
eGO is a company that builds electric motor scooters which are becoming popular for urban transportation and vacation use. ...
For the room of this name there, see the item in the article Palace of Versailles. ...
The Versailles Palace is very Big and grand (Camacho, 2006). ...
One-way mirror A one-way mirror reflects some percentage of the light and lets some other percentage pass. It is a sheet of glass coated with a layer of metal only a few dozen atoms thick, allowing some of the light through the surface (from both sides). It is used between a dark room and a brightly lit room. Persons on the brightly lit side see their own reflection - it looks like a normal mirror. Persons on the dark side see through it - it looks like a transparent window. It may be used to observe criminal suspects or customers (to watch out for theft). The same type of mirror, when used in an optical instrument, is called a half-silvered mirror or beam splitter. Its purpose is to split a beam of light so that half passes straight through, while the other half is reflected — this is useful for interferometry. Transparent glass ball In optics, transparency is the property of allowing light to pass. ...
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A beam splitter is an optical device, that splits a beam of light in two. ...
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Contrary to popular belief, one-way mirrors that function well between equally lit rooms do not exist. The laws of physics do not allow for real, passive one-way mirrors (ones that do not need external energy); if such a device were possible, one could break the second law of thermodynamics and make energy flow from a cold object to a hot one, by placing such a mirror between them. (There is no prohibition against one-way windows, however.[1][2] Optical isolators are one-way devices, that are commonly used with lasers.) The second law of thermodynamics is an expression of the universal law of increasing entropy. ...
A Faraday isolator or optical isolator is an optical component which allows the transmission of polarised light in only one direction. ...
A LASER (acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is an optical source that emits photons in a coherent beam. ...
Technology
Televisions and Projectors Microscopic mirrors are a core element of many of the largest high-definition televisions and video projectors. The most common technology of this type is Texas Instruments' DLP.citation needed A DLP chip is a postage stamp-sized microchip whose surface is comprised of an array of millions of microscopic mirrors. The picture is created as the individual mirrors move to either reflect light toward the projection surface (pixel on), or toward a light absorbing surface (pixel off). High-definition television (HDTV) means broadcast of television signals with a higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL) allow. ...
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Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), better known in the electronics industry (and popularly) as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. ...
The DLP Logo Digital Light Processing (DLP) is a technology used in projectors and video projectors. ...
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This example shows an image with a portion greatly enlarged, in which the individual pixels are rendered as little squares and can easily be seen. ...
Other projection technologies involving mirrors include LCoS. Like a DLP chip, LCoS is a microchip of similar size, but rather than millions of individual mirrors, there is a single mirror that is actively shielded by a liquid crystal matrix with up to millions of pixels. The picture is formed as light is either reflected toward the projection surface (pixel on), or absorbed by the activated LCD pixels (pixel off). LCoS-based televisions and projectors often use 3 chips, one for each primary color. Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS or LCoS) is a micro-projection or micro-display technology typically applied in projection televisions. ...
Schlieren texture of Liquid Crystal nematic phase Liquid crystals are substances that exhibit a phase of matter that has properties between those of a conventional liquid, and those of a solid crystal. ...
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A pixel (a contraction of picture element) is one of the many tiny dots that make up the representation of a picture in a computers memory. ...
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Instruments Telescopes and other precision instruments use front silvered or first surface mirrors, where the reflecting surface is placed on the front (or first) surface of the glass, which gives better image quality. Some of them use silver, but most are aluminum, which is more reflective at short wavelengths than silver. All of these coatings are easily damaged and require special handling. They reflect 90% to 95% of the incident light when new. The coatings are typically applied by vacuum deposition. A protective overcoat is usually applied before the mirror is removed from the vacuum, because the coating otherwise begins to corrode as soon as it is exposed to oxygen and humidity in the air. Front silvered mirrors have to be resurfaced occasionally to keep their quality. 50 cm refracting telescope at Nice Observatory. ...
Vacuum deposition is a process used to create a thin layer of a substance (a coating) on a solid object (the substrate). ...
The reflectivity of the mirror coating can be measured using a reflectometer and for a particular metal it will be different for different wavelengths of light. This is exploited in some optical work to make cold mirrors and hot mirrors. A cold mirror is made by using a transparent substrate and choosing a coating material that is more reflective to visible light and more transmissive to infrared light. A hot mirror is the opposite, the coating preferentially reflects infrared. Mirror surfaces are sometimes given thin film overcoatings both to retard degradation of the surface and to increase their reflectivity in parts of the spectrum where they will be used. For instance, aluminum mirrors are commonly coated with silicon dioxide or magnesium fluoride. The reflectivity as a function of wavelength depends on both the thickness of the coating and on how it is applied. Two scientific instruments commonly designated Reflectometer are: Reflectometer (optics): In optics, an instrument for measuring the reflectance of reflecting surfaces. ...
The wavelength is the distance between repeating units of a wave pattern. ...
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Cold Mirror is a specialized dichromatic interference filter that operates over a very wide temperature range to reflect the entire visible light spectrum while very efficiently transmitting infrared wavelengths. ...
A hot mirror is a specialized dichromatic interference filter often employed to protect optical systems by reflecting heat back into the light source. ...
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For scientific optical work, dielectric mirrors are often used. These are glass (or sometimes other material) substrates on which one or more layers of dielectric material are deposited, to form an optical coating. By careful choice of the type and thickness of the dielectric layers, the range of wavelengths and amount of light reflected from the mirror can be specified. The best mirrors of this type can reflect >99.999% of the light (in a narrow range of wavelengths) which is incident on the mirror. Such mirrors are often used in lasers. Table of Opticks, 1728 Cyclopaedia Optics ( appearance or look in ancient Greek) is a branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light and the interaction of light with matter. ...
A dielectric mirror is a special kind of a mirror. ...
A dielectric, or electrical insulator, is a substance that is highly resistant to electric current. ...
An optical coating is a thin layer of material placed on an optical component such as a lens or mirror which alters the way in which the optic reflects and transmits light. ...
The wavelength is the distance between repeating units of a wave pattern. ...
Prism splitting light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific context, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength[1]. The elementary particle that defines light is the photon. ...
For alternative meanings see laser (disambiguation). ...
In astronomy, adaptive optics is a technique to measure variable image distortions and adapt a deformable mirror accordingly on a timescale of milliseconds, to compensate for the distortions. A deformable mirror can be used to correct wavefront errors in an astronomical telescope. ...
Deformable mirror (DM) represent the most convenient tool for wavefront control and correction of optical aberrations. ...
Although the most of mirrors are designed to reflect visible light, surfaces reflecting other forms of electromagnetic radiation are also called "mirrors". The mirrors for other ranges of electromagnetic waves are used in optics and astronomy. Mirrors for radio waves are important elements of radio telescopes. The optical spectrum (light or visible spectrum) is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. ...
Electromagnetic radiation or EM radiation is a combination (cross product) of oscillating electric and magnetic fields perpendicular to each other, moving through space as a wave, effectively transporting energy and momentum. ...
Table of Opticks, 1728 Cyclopaedia Optics ( appearance or look in ancient Greek) is a branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light and the interaction of light with matter. ...
A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant. ...
The 64 meter radio telescope at Parkes Observatory A radio telescope is a form of radio receiver used in astronomy. ...
Signaling With the sun as light source, a mirror can be used to signal, by variations in the orientation of the mirror. The signal can be used over long distances, possibly up to 60 kilometres on a clear day. This technique was used by Native American tribes and numerous militaries to transmit information between distant outposts. The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. ...
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Military Applications It has been said that Archimedes used a large array of mirrors to burn Roman ships during an attack on Syracuse. This has never been proved or disproved; however, many have put it to the test. Recently, on a popular Discovery Channel show, MythBusters, a team from MIT tried to recreate the famous "Archimedes Death Ray". They were successful at starting a fire on a ship at 75 feet away, however, previous attempts to light the boat on fire using only the bronze mirrors available in Archimedes' time were unsuccessful, and the time taken to ignite the craft would have made its use impractical, resulting in the MythBusters team deeming the myth implausible. Archimedes (Greek: ; c. ...
The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ...
Discovery Channel is a property of Discovery Communications primarily packaged as a network entertainment brand distributed in virtually every pay-television market in the world. ...
MythBusters is an American pop science television program on the Discovery Channel starring special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use their skills and expertise to test the validity of various rumors and urban legends in popular culture. ...
Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ...
Modern thermonuclear weapons use x-ray mirrors to focus radiation from the primary onto the secondary to create conditions favoring nuclear fusion (see Nuclear weapons design for more details). The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ...
Nuclear weapon designs are often divided into two classes, based on the dominant source of the nuclear weapons energy. ...
 Application of x-ray mirrors in a thermonuclear weapon. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Leisure
Decoration Mirrors, typically large and unframed, are frequently used in interior decoration to create an illusion of space, and amplify the apparent size of a room. Interior decoration is the art of decorating a room so that it is attractive, easy to use, and functions well with the existing architecture. ...
A decorative reflecting sphere of thin metal-coated glass, working as a reducing wide-angle mirror, is sold as a Christmas tree decoration called a bauble. A sphere is a perfectly symmetrical geometrical object. ...
For other uses, see Christmas tree (disambiguation). ...
Entertainment The hall of mirrors, commonly found in amusement parks, is an attraction in which a number of distorted mirrors are used to produce unusual reflections of the visitor. A house of mirrors is a traditional attraction in carnivals. ...
Germany Pavilion, part of the Epcot Center theme park in Orlando, Florida Amusement park (also called theme park) is the generic term for a collection of rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ...
Mirror mazes, also found in amusement parks, contain large numbers of mirrors and sheets of glass. The idea is to navigate the disorientating array without bumping into the walls. Germany Pavilion, part of the Epcot Center theme park in Orlando, Florida Amusement park (also called theme park) is the generic term for a collection of rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ...
Mirrors are often used in magic to create an illusion. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Illuminated rotating disco balls covered with small mirrors are used to cast moving spots of light around a dance floor. A mirrored disco ball A disco ball, mirror ball, or ball mirror is a roughly spherical object that reflects light directed at it in many directions, producing a complex display. ...
Anamorphosis One kind of anamorphosis has an interposed cylindrical or conical mirror making it possible to apprehend an image which is the reflection of a deformed image conceived for this purpose. The deformed image is painted on a plane surface surrounding the mirror. By looking uniquely into the mirror, the image appears normal. Andrea Pozzos painted ceiling in the Church of St. ...
Non electromagnetic wave reflectors The acoustic mirrors were in worldwide use during period between World War I and World War II for reflection (and detection) of sound of aircraft. The research of atomic mirrors aims the creation of images using atoms instead of light. An acoustic mirror is a device used to focus and amplify sound waves. ...
Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian...
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Mirrors in literature In Greek mythology, the hero Perseus killed Medusa by using a mirrored shield so as not to gaze upon her monstrous appearance. Perseus with the head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova, completed 1801 (Vatican Museums) Perseus, Perseos, or Perseas (Greek: ΠεÏσεÏÏ‚, ΠεÏσÎως, ΠεÏσÎας), the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits helped establish the hegemony of Zeus and the Twelve...
A relatively modern image of Medusa painted by Arnold Böcklin In Greek mythology, Medusa (Greek: ÎœÎδουσα, Médousa, guardian, protectress[1]), was a monstrous chthonic female character, essentially an extension of an apotropaic mask, whose gaze could turn onlookers to stone. ...
In English literature, a famous example is Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, in which protagonist Alice uses a mirror as a portal to a strange alternate world. Lewis Carroll. ...
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of childrens literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), and is the sequel to Alices Adventures in Wonderland. ...
The mirror of Galadriel, in Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, shows things that were, and things that are, and things that yet may be.
Another example, from the German tales of the brothers Grimm, is Snow White, in which the Wicked Queen consults a magic mirror to determine the identity of the most beautiful woman in the world. Wilhelm (left) and Jacob Grimm (right) from an 1855 painting by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann The Brothers Grimm (Brüder Grimm, in their own words, not Gebrüder - for there were five surviving brothers, among them Ludwig Emil Grimm, the painter) were Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Hessian professors who were best...
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Tennyson's Lady of Shalott has a mirror which shatters, releasing a curse on her. Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 2054BC – 6 October 4392AD) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom after William Wordsworth and is one of the most popular English poets. ...
John William Waterhouses The Lady of Shalott, 1888 (Tate Gallery, London) The Lady of Shalott is a romantic poem by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892). ...
Mirrors, along with labyrinths, figure prominently in the work of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, who often used them as symbols of infinity, impersonation, and illusion. In Dreamtigers, he writes of fearing that his reflection would move independently or change shape before his eyes. In Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, a fictional heresiarch declares that "mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of men." A Roman mosaic picturing Theseus and the Minotaur. ...
Jorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986), was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost Hispanic literary figures of the 20th century. ...
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Impersonation is when someone or something tries to seem like someone or something else. ...
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Dreamtigers, first published in 1960 as El Hacedor (The Maker), is a collection of poems, short essays, and literary sketches by the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. ...
Jorge Luis Borges short story has been widely translated. ...
Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the Catholic or Orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ...
A pair of lions copulating in the Maasai Mara, Kenya. ...
Similarly, Edgar Allan Poe expresses an aversion to mirrors in The Philosophy of Furniture: Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ...
[R]egarded apart from its reflection, the mirror presents a continuous, flat, colourless, unrelieved surface, – a thing always and obviously unpleasant. Considered as a reflector, it is potent in producing a monstrous and odious uniformity: and the evil is here aggravated, not in merely direct proportion with the augmentation of its sources, but in a ratio constantly increasing. In fact, a room with four or five mirrors arranged at random, is, for all purposes of artistic show, a room of no shape at all. If we add to this evil, the attendant glitter upon glitter, we have a perfect farrago of discordant and displeasing effects. The King in the Window works off some of the concepts laid out by Lewis Carroll to develop its own tale of a war between the benevolent habitants of windows and the soul-stealing Master of Mirrors. The subject of this article seems to fail one of the following consensually-accepted Wikipedia inclusion guidelines: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources, so as to avoid it being considered for deletion. ...
In the Harry Potter series of novels, the Mirror of Erised is a magic mirror that reflects its viewer's deepest desires. Also featured in the series is a type of device (a dark detector) that functions as a mirror, depicting not only the gazer but also a number of shadowy figures in the background; they are enemies and their proximity to the viewer represents their imminent threat. Cover of the first book in J. K. Rowlings series: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (British/Canadian/Australian/Irish version) The Harry Potter books are a series of fantasy novels by English writer J. K. Rowling. ...
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In Bram Stoker's Dracula the count (Dracula) has no reflection in a mirror (and no shadow). Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847–April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ...
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the name of its primary character, the vampire Count Dracula. ...
In the comic series Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, the protagonist makes a habit of focusing on a mirror and willing himself to be able to go "through" to another, better world, and believes that the reason he is always thwarted is due to a lack of patience. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. ...
In Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, Kilgore Trout calls mirrors "leaks," and tells people he believes they lead to other worlds. He often tells people that where he is from "taking a leak" means stealing a mirror. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ...
Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday is a 1973 novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut, and is a prime example of Vonneguts peculiar brand of deadpan satire. ...
In numerous cartoons, mirrors are often employed to trick both heroes and villains, as well as reflecting laser-like beams back at their source. In folklore in many regions of Europe, pigs are said to show a strong aversion to mirrors.
In Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett, a character who increases her magical powers by standing between two mirrors becomes lost in the reflections, unable to tell if she is real. Witches Abroad is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, originally published in 1991. ...
Terence David John Pratchett OBE (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England[1]) is an English fantasy author, best known for his Discworld series. ...
The Mirror Master in DC Comics Flash uses various scientific and mystical mirrors to commit crimes. Mirror Master is a fictional character, a recurring foe of the Flash with large technical knowledge and skills involving the use of mirrors. ...
DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ...
The Flash is a title given to a series of DC Comics superheroes. ...
Sherman Alexie uses mirror imagery in his "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" to portray the inaccurate reflection of post-colonial perspective upon the Native American peoples.
In Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass, Princess Kaguya (or the demon that consumed the real princess) from the The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter was sealed by Miroku's grandfather Miyatsu in the Mirror of Life. After being released, she still uses the mirror as a weapon, which included sealing the main protagonist Inuyasha's human half into the mirror, therefore turning him into a full-blooded demon. Kan'na, a character from the series who also appeared in the movie, uses a mirror to steal souls and to defend herself from attacks. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Japanese: 竹å–物語; Taketori Monogatari) is a 10th century Japanese folk tale about a mysterious girl, Princess Kaguya. ...
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Japanese: 竹å–物語; Taketori Monogatari) is a 10th century Japanese folk tale about a mysterious girl, Princess Kaguya. ...
This article is about a character from an anime series; see Maitreya for the future Buddha known as Miroku in Japanese Miroku ) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series InuYasha. ...
The following items are exclusively from InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass. ...
InuYasha ) (Inu dog + Yasha demon) is the main character of the manga and anime series InuYasha by Rumiko Takahashi. ...
Kanna with her Mirror Kanna (神無) is a character in the anime and manga series InuYasha. ...
In Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera Erik (the Phantom) uses a revolving room of mirrors to torment his captives. Erik also hides behind a one way mirror when teaching Christine how to sing. In Erik's lair all of the mirrors are hidden behind curtains as Erik is afraid of his own face. At the end of the film of The Phantom of the Opera the Phantom breaks out of his solitude by smashing a mirror and entering an underground tunnel. Gaston Leroux. ...
This article is about the Gaston Leroux novel. ...
In the Star Trek episode The Squire of Gothos, Trelane is theorised to be using his mirror as a source of his power to physically manifest his thoughts and desires. This includes teleportation, the appearance of clothes (a dress), freezing people in position and the ability to learn how to play the piano. The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an epic American science fiction franchise. ...
The Squire of Gothos is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. ...
Mirrors appear in the Bhagavad Gita (3.38): As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, similarly, the living entity is covered by different degrees of this lust. Bhagavad Gīta भगवद्गीता, composed ca the fifth - second centuries BC, is part of the epic poem Mahabharata, located in the Bhisma-Parva chapters 23–40. ...
See also Andrea Pozzos painted ceiling in the Church of St. ...
Aranmula kannadi is special type of mirror produced at Aranmula, a village in the state of Kerala in India. ...
Bronze mirrors preceded the glass mirrors of today. ...
Cold Mirror is a specialized dichromatic interference filter that operates over a very wide temperature range to reflect the entire visible light spectrum while very efficiently transmitting infrared wavelengths. ...
A hot mirror is a specialized dichromatic interference filter often employed to protect optical systems by reflecting heat back into the light source. ...
A Digital Micromirror Device, or DMD is an optical semiconductor that is the core of DLP projection technology, and was invented by Dr. Larry Hornbeck and Dr. William E. Ed Nelson of Texas Instruments (TI) in 1987. ...
Interior decoration is the art of decorating a room so it looks good, is easy to use, and functions well with the existing architecture. ...
The notes on Leonardo da Vincis famous Vitruvian Man image are in mirror writing. ...
A perfect mirror is a theoretical mirror that reflects light perfectly, and has no flaws. ...
Principle of the periscope. ...
The rear-view mirror of a Mazda 626. ...
Silvering is the chemical process of coating glass with a reflective substance, originally silver, in order to create a mirror. ...
A TLV mirror is a type of mirror artifact from Han Dynasty China. ...
The Han Dynasty (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Han Chau; 206 BC–AD 220) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. ...
An illustration of the Venus Effect from Velázquezs The Rokeby Venus. ...
Deformable mirror (DM) represent the most convenient tool for wavefront control and correction of optical aberrations. ...
Notes 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ...
Bibliography - Mirror, Mirror: A History of the Human Love Affair with Reflection, Mark Pendergrast. Basic Books (2003). ISBN 0-465-05471-4 .
- On reflection, Jonathan Miller. National Gallery Publications Limited (1998). ISBN 0-300-07713-0 .
External links - History of mirrors and glass
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