The Impermanence of Outer Beauty

The Impermanence of Outer Beauty
A detail from “Three Ages of Woman and Death” 1510, by Hans Baldung. Private Collection. Public Domain
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Hans Baldung’s painting “The Three Ages of Woman and Death” asks where outer beauty fits in our lives.
Is outer beauty a blessing or a curse? It’s easy to look at the curated displays on our media feeds and feel we aren’t beautiful enough or that we are somehow lacking. 
Eric Bess
Eric Bess
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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