The Three Ages of Woman by Gustav Klimt Poster

A painting beautiful in its simplicity and it's resemblance to real life... not grotesque but rather maybe honest? The detail in the old woman's hands is amazing, symbolizing all of what she's been through...her hardships...her wisdom... So much can be told by the hands. Portraying the different time points in the life of a woman...infancy...motherhood...old age...or Maiden, Mother Crone, the painting mbraces all life and it is accepting of the changes the women's body undergoes. From the fallen breast to the crocked back to the less shiny hair, and it shows a mothers love and tenderness, woman as a source of life. There is magic... it's just not the type of magic that is fabricated for us in some movies and books... but it understands the magic in our progression through life... in the changes that an individual faces both mentally and physically....