Various mythological and supernatural qualities have been attributed to the mirror since the first days of our Western civilization. The common man arranged himself in the mirror, and the philosopher, instead of looking at the wrong-turned image of the original, thought of the idea of an object mirrored in a world beyond the mirror. From Socrates and Plato onwards, man got to know himself in mirrors, and in addition to himself, the artist got to know the surroundings in which they lived and created. Through mirrors, the artist helped to expand and comprehend the real and the artistic space, and asked the question of the mirror and the reflection as a membrane between worlds.
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