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''Mise en abyme'' ((:miz‿ɑ̃n‿abim); also ''mise en abîme'') is a French term derived from heraldry, and literally means "placed into abyss". The term has developed a number of particular senses in modern criticism since it was picked up from heraldry by the French author André Gide. The most common sense of the phrase is also known as the Droste effect, describing the visual experience of standing between two mirrors, then seeing as a result an infinite reproduction of one's image. The phrase has several other meanings, however, in the realms of the creative arts and literary theory. In Western art history, "''mise en abyme''" is a formal technique in which an image contains a smaller copy of itself, in a sequence appearing to recur infinitely; "recursive" is another term for this. ==Heraldry== In the terminology of heraldry, the ''abyme'' is the center of a coat of arms. The term "''mise en abyme''" then meant put in the center. It described a coat of arms that appears as a smaller shield in the center of a larger one (see Droste effect). A complex example of ''mise en abyme'' is seen in the coat of arms of the United Kingdom for the period 1816–1837, as used by King George III. The crown of Charlemagne is placed ''en abyme'' within the escutcheon of Hanover, which in turn is ''en abyme'' within the arms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Another example is the two-headed eagle in the modern coat of arms of Russia, which holds a sceptre topped by a similar eagle holding a similar sceptre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「mise en abyme」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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