What is a function of the mirror in Diego Velázquez’s The Maids of Honor (Las Meninas) and Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait?
a) Both reveal a portrait within a portrait.
b) Both act as the vanishing point in the painting.
c) Both present significant religious content.
d) Both contain the artist’s signature.
a) Both reveal a portrait within a portrait.
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a. Change b. Movement c. Passage d. Transfer
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