Part of human nature, it seems, is a Narcissus-like desire to gaze at shimmering surfaces that return our reflection and ...

Such painstaking appealed to Henry Adams’ New England genius, and Saint-Gaudens’ talent for mirroring vast ideas in bronze made him ... Saint-Gaudens held up the mirror and no more.” ...

Sometimes, the art of making mirrors has little to do with reflection. By Stephen Wallis This article is part of our Design special section about the reverence for handmade objects. Part of human ...

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--Archaeologists were stunned by the sheer number of bronze mirrors among grave goods at a large keyhole-shaped burial mound here, more than 100 in all, a record.