Video: The Aesthetics of Narcissism

This reading immediately brought to mind the works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the works of Jan Van Eyck that they referenced. The particular images I am referencing are attached:

The use of mirrors, and interaction with the viewer in the creation of image in their picture plane questioned ideas of life-like depiction and the "reality" portrayed in art at the time. Their contemporarily "modern" art questioned ideas of self, authenticity, image, and the relationship between them. These ideas of modernism are parallel to the ideas of modernism in relation to video art, as discussed in the article. I believe questions of identity are integral to any "modern" art form.