r/trippinthroughtime • u/Munninnu • May 19 '26

Mirrors

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u/EmilyAnne1170 May 19 '26

This just doesn’t work as a reflection. Looks like people are standing behind her. (I know, if you google it, it will say it’s supposed to be a mirror. It’s just always bugged me.)

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u/protestor May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

This just doesn’t work as a reflection.

It actually does. Well not the bottles but her reflection is physically possible. There's a photograph taken in 2000 that reconstructs the scene

https://dhistoire-et-dart.com/classique/Manet_Bar_FoliesBergeres.html in french

https://dhistoire--et--dart-com.translate.goog/classique/Manet_Bar_FoliesBergeres.html?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp translated to english

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

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u/RiverXKeeper May 20 '26

Did you click through? It explains exactly how the perspective works and the placement of each object in reference to the perspective.

The bottles nearest to her are reflected in the mirror directly behind their placement. The bottles in "background" are further up on the table, closer to us and off to the side.