Hermès, god of travellers, known as Richelieu Hermès
Anonymous
125-150, Italy • Marble
Hermès, god of travellers, known as Richelieu Hermès
Anonymous
125-150, Italy • Marble
In enhancing the precision of our mirrors, the master glassmakers of Venice did not realise just how central this object would become to our lives, sparking a major shift. Each day begins with a look into it – that is to say, at your own reflection. Sight is the sense that has come to dominate all the others. And through the mirror, it now reigns supreme over beauty.