The mirror in the modern world is perhaps the most familiar element of any home. But it was not always so. The cost of one Venetian mirror was once equated to the cost of a small sea vessel. Due to the high cost of these items were available only to aristocrats and museums. In the Renaissance, the price of a mirror was three times the cost of a Raphael painting, identical to the size of the accessory.
Jewelry
Often mirrors were used to decorate clothes. They were worn in the form of small mirrors with a handle mounted on a belt, or in the form of a brooch.
In the middle of the 17th century, the Queen of France was especially distinguished in her mirror decorations. For Anna of Austria, the mother of Louis IV, the most expensive dress for the state treasury was made, decorated with pieces reflecting light. In the light of the candelabra, it looked unusually beautiful.
So began the solemn procession of mirrors on the planet. They were admired, talked about. The article quotes about mirrors. There will be poems.
Here is a statement by William Thackeray:
The world is a mirror, and it returns to everyone its own image.
Venetian craftsmen casting tin mirrors were circumvented by a German chemist who invented a prototype of a modern accessory. The discovery of 1835 belonged to Eustace Von Liebig. He came up with one side of the glass to be coated with silver, which made the reflective surface ideal, created the ability to create large canvases of mirror surface.
First of all, we must build a mirror factory. And in the coming year to give out mirrors, mirrors, nothing but mirrors, so that humanity can carefully consider themselves in them.
And here is another statement. The quote about the mirror belongs to the famous American writer Ray Bradbury. It is pronounced in the sense that humanity needs to look at its mistakes and shortcomings without embellishment, to recognize them.
As known:
A mirror will not decorate a person.
Imaginary and real
Life without mirrors would be too fresh and boring, not entirely reliable. However, too often a person tries to replace the real with the imaginary. It is not enough to see yourself or the world from the outside, it would be nice to know what is inside of you and others.
Sometimes psychologists advise conducting an experiment with reflection in order to understand who you really are. In a dark room, sit in front of the mirror so that your own face turns white and no light falls. Closely peer into the reflection, which as a result of visual effects will begin to change, reflecting the inner world.
Here is an interesting quote about the mirror. Say her great comedian of the emergence of the movie Charlie Chaplin:
The mirror is my best friend, because when I cry, it never laughs.
No less impressive are the verses of Omar Khayyam:
I will compare responsive people with mirrors.
What a pity that the mirrors do not see themselves!
To make myself clear in my friends
First, mirror your friends.
Quotes and sayings
What are the mirrors that are magical and attractive? Mirror reflection is unusual in that it shows the opposite: everything seems to be the same, but at the same time different. Your left hand in a mirror image becomes right, the cardinal directions are changing from east to west, your left eye is looking into the reflection of your right.
There is an interesting quote about the mirror, which makes you think:
If you want to know who your main enemy is, look in the mirror.
Ancient proverbs claim that:
The eyes are the mirror of the soul.
The eyes are the mirror of the heart.
And Jorge Luis Borges generally hated mirrors, believing that they are disgusting, "that increase the number of people."
Here are some more interesting quotes about mirror reflection:
The mirror is not guilty that the mug is crooked.
In a crooked mirror and a mouth on his side.
A mirror will not decorate a person.
The mirror of beauty will not add, but without it, nowhere.
Show the mirror to the bezosnos - angry.
A crooked face turns away from the mirror.
The thin beauty of the mirror does not like.
Conspiracy and amulet
At Christmas and New Year's Eve, they used to guess, standing in front of a mirror. The girl lit a candle in complete darkness and waited for the reflection to show her narrowed.
Amulets from damage or evil eye were also made from mirrors. In old books you can find ancient conspiracies. Here is one of them:
Water-voditsa, Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos sister, you run without stopping, wash your songs, roots, yellow sands. So wash my little mirror, protect God's slaves (names of all family members) from daytime lessons, from night commotion, from windmills, from black sorcerers, from karkun, from a wizard, from a deed and a black word, from an evil eye, from a bad language. Amen. Amen. Amen.
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