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The rise of modern western individualism from the 13th-14th centuries was partly shaped by glass mirrors made in Venice. Science and art were also profoundly affected by these mirrors. Here all this is discussed while a glassmaker makes a glass mirror using the same method that was used when they were first made in Venice.
Although other civilizations had mirrors made of bronze or other metals (or people simply looked in water to see themselves), they did not show the clear and "realistic" view you see in fine glass mirrors, which were
originally made in Venice, where the Renaissance began. These mirrors certainly played a big role in changing the world of science and art. This tells how the use of mirrors led to a new look of realism in painting, which you see suddenly flowering in Renaissance art at that time.
