What is the term for...

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In the art world, is there a painting which depicts someone looking in a mirror and seeing himself looking in a mirror, and this pattern is repeated until, presumably, infinity?

If so, is there a name for this "over the shoulder" perspective?

[Birthmark]

1. Infinite regression

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5. Thank you.

[Berry Cool]

2. I will never forget the first time I realized that was possible.

I was a kid of about eight or nine sitting in my aunt's kitchen, and nearby was a brown grocery bag from the local supermarket. It had a little cartoon printed on it of a supermarket employee cheerfully carrying a bag of groceries from that market with a big smile on his face. The bag he was carrying, of course, had a little cartoon of him on it, carrying a bag. And then I thought, "And that bag would have a cartoon on it of him carrying a bag...and THAT bag would..."

Freaked me right out.

[MineralMan]

4. I first encounted it with my first haircut at the barbershop.

I must have been about 5 or 6. The barber shop was set up with big mirrors in front of you and behind the barber. Reflections to infinity. I was so intrigued by this, I didn't even fuss over the haircut.

[patrice]

3. Infinite Regression. I have wondered if you couldn't also refer to it as a Fractile. nt

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6. Fractals?

Not that I know that any better.

[sutz12]

7. Not really...IIRC fractals are progressive algorhythms

They infinitely grow into recognizable patterns.