“On the left, a young woman with a porcelain skin presents herself to the viewer in her dazzling youth, sporting sensual curves emphasized by a drapery in bronze tones. On the right, the idealized body, eaten by insects, decomposes to reveal only the entrails and skeleton.” – Source.

Vanity is a never-ending battle to maintain a type of beauty that never lasts.

This is too dark! Um, look! There is an hourglass, those are pretty cool, right? Ahh, that’s better.

Source: “Vanity” (1630) by Jacques Stella, public domain.