Fixation of A"Z and Beauty/ Tiferet

Interesting the pshat and drash in the seforim on the pasuk:

אל תפנו אל האלילים ואלהי מסכה לא תעשו לכם
The relation of A'"Z ( מסכה ) to gazing at beauty (אלהי סכייה, as the Zohar learns) -- both a form of fixation on the physical as a means of accessing something higher. Note that only by the Sun of Yaa'kov was there a fear of deification, not the other Avot.

(I think also by Moshe actually there was that fear, would be interesting to explore the Moshe-- A"Z-- Ba'al Pe'or -- Shma Yisrael connection as well)