Amid the thousands of treasures in the Cincinnati Art Museum's East Asian art collection, a small bronze mirror dating back to the 15th or 16th century always seemed rather unremarkable.Last exhibited ...

Mirror, mirror on the wall—what is the rarest artwork of them all? Mirror, mirror on the wall—what is the rarest artwork of them all? Mirror, mirror on the wall—what is the rarest artwork of them ...

A “spirit mirror” believed to have been used by Queen Elizabeth I’s famed political advisor John Dee was crafted in Aztec Mexico around 500 years ago, reinforcing the idea that the mirror was used by ...

Researchers have used liquid crystals to create a flat magic window -- a transparent device that produces a hidden image when light shines on it. The process for creating transparent liquid crystal ...

Windows and mirrors embedded with liquid crystals can hide images that appear only when the right kind of light is shined on them. The technique, inspired by a 4000-year-old trick for building “magic ...

Cincinnati Art Museum curators were surprised to find a hidden image of Buddha in a mirror stored away in the archives. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Amid the thousands of treasures in the Cincinnati Art Museum’s East Asian art collection, a small bronze mirror dating back to the 15th or 16th century always seemed rather unremarkable. Last ...