Differing images of beauty

While I'll write an essay later this weekend on the issue, I thought I'd devote this post to contain 14 images, from photographs to illustrations and paintings, of women of various ethnic groups and over a span of 500 years, to emphasize just how cultural the concept of beauty might be. I know I've left out quite a bit and while there might be a bit of nudity in a few of these, the intent is not to titillate here. Just pay attention to how the women are posed, to the similarities and differences in facial structure, and then feel free to comment on these images.