recursion

Recursion is when a concept depends on itself.

In artwork, this often takes the form of the Droste effect, in which the image contains a smaller version of itself within it, and that smaller version contains an even smaller version, and so on.

Can also refer to other forms of self-reference.

Examples

Original Droste effect

See also

• recursion
• clone
• fractal
• mirror
• recurring image
• Tag Group:Image Composition

External links

• Wikipedia: Recursion

The following tags are aliased to this tag: droste_effect (learn more).