In the mirrored ball, the objects are varying sizes, which allows certain objects or subjects (ex: man) to appear closer and others farther away (window), creating depth and form.
Photography is your answer
Romantic visual and literary artists glorified things which takes us to problem number two: the "things" they glorified were hardly ever physical.
They glorified huge, complex concepts such as liberty, survival, ideals, hope, awe, heroism, despair, and the various sensations that nature evokes in humans.
All of these are felt -- and felt on an individual, highly subjective level.
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