Beauty Culture
The Beauty Ideal in the Portrait Gallery
The beauty ideal in portrait galleries shifts with pose, dress and setting. Learn how to read each portrait in its own…
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Beauty Culture
Trace the ideals, rituals and images that shape how beauty is understood.
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Beauty changes; attention makes it last
We look past quick verdicts to consider the stories, choices and changing ideals behind appearance. Beauty can be personal, cultural and wonderfully hard to pin down.