what sort of images and artist are taken as mirrors?

Question

i am doing a level art.
the question i am doing is MIRRORS-
'the use of mirrors has provided many opportunities for artist to develope work that can be evocative, thought provoking and imaginative. develope your own response to this idea, making reference to appropiate work by others

my ideas - sketches of reflections -buildings .. broken mirror sketches for distated images .. study reflections seen in skyscapers also clouds and planes .. kaleidosope reflections for patterns and shapes and colours..
but i dont know what else i could do

i also need 4 artist to research on, that study mirrors and similar things..

Answer 1

Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, more commonly known as Parmigianino - Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror:

http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/93046/1/Self-Portrait-In-A-Convex-Mirror-C.-1524.jpg



MC Escher - Hand with Reflecting Sphere:

http://myhero.com/images/Artist/Escher/g1_u28675_HandWithReflectingSphere.jpg



Diego Velazquez - Las Meninas:

http://artchive.com/graphics/meninas.jpg

Please note that Velazquez paints himself in the mirror, and the mirror of the king and queen are in the mirror in the background. The queen may have been pregnant at the time, so it would have been inappropriate to paint her picture in the normal fashion.



Jan Van Eyck - Arnolfini Wedding

http://www.artinthepicture.com/paintings/Jan_van_Eyck/The-Arnolfini-Wedding/

Portrayed self in mirror in background



Phil Douglas - Past meets Present (Photograph):

http://thump01.pbase.com/g6/82/265582/3/80831788.F9hYAQc9.jpg



Titian - Venus With a Mirror:

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/t/titian/titian_venus_mirror.jpg



Caravaggio - Narcissus

http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images/Narcissus%20Caravaggio.jpg



Here are a few:

http://darlingpicky.blogspot.com/2009/02/planar-mirror-flatperfect-reflection.html



Manet - A Bar at the Folies-Bergère:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FaKp7qyZQuw/TFFNvqaybEI/AAAAAAAAAEg/_TarlX0YvlE/s1600/manet.jpg



Picasso - Girl Before a Mirror:

http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picasso258.html



You may consider reflections in water, spoons, tea kettles, windows, etc.



Hope I could help!

Answer 2

lyrics of man in the mirror - Michael Jackson

Conflict and facing up to this

Yin / Yan chines life balance forces

Action / Reaction

Consequences

Funny mirrors that distort the image as in a circus

Mirrors and Frames

Dirty / Clean mirrors

Old / New

Good / Evil as mirror images...

Good Luck!