2006-08-20 22:17:59 · 22 answers · asked by Ravishing Rue 2 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Fat. Rubens liked his women big and painted big fleshy girls. If someone has described you as rubinesque, slap em, they are taking the piss.
2006-08-20 22:22:10 · answer #1 · answered by Barneyboy 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Ru·ben·esque
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or in the style of painting of Peter Paul Rubens.
2. Plump or fleshy and voluptuous. Used of a woman.
2006-08-21 05:28:11 · answer #2 · answered by Gavin T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like what the 17th century painter, Peter Paul Rubens, of Belgium, painted.Rubens loved to paint voluptuous, big breasted and buttocked, big thighed and hipped women. This is where the term originated.
2006-08-21 16:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by robert r 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rubin was a classical artist. When he painted pictures with women in them he always painted them being well built, not fat but buxom. This is where the word comes from. Rubinesque means a lady with an ample figure.
2006-08-21 05:26:55 · answer #4 · answered by soundwave_stu 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It refers to women that have great fleshly voluptuous breasts, rounded bellies and curvaceous hips. It doesn't mean fat. It means women the way god intended not Hollywood. It is a colloquial term that draws its meaning from the shape of women in Rubens art works. It a compliment really.
2006-08-21 20:26:14 · answer #5 · answered by megiebee 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not sure of the literal meaning but tends to be used as a "polite" term for larger ladies!
2006-08-21 05:22:36 · answer #6 · answered by Funky_Vic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rubin was a painter and painted larger ladies to say someone is rubinesque means they have a fuller figure.
2006-08-21 08:47:40 · answer #7 · answered by jlb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who is Rubenesque is big and lush and curvy like in a Rubens painting. Not rolly-polly or big and fat, but really curvacious. Rubens liked his women full figured with lots of boobs and butts, but with a waist.
2006-08-23 08:42:08 · answer #8 · answered by badkitty1969 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter Paul Rubens, thus Rubenesque. The style of women in his day was what we think of as fat these days. In his day, they were Pleasingly Plump and men loved them.
2006-08-21 15:38:40 · answer #9 · answered by Lottie W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It basically means they have a bit of meat on their bones. Rubens liked women who actually were women - not stick insects.
2006-08-21 05:27:02 · answer #10 · answered by Hello Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like the women Rubens painted - beautifully curvacious
2006-08-21 12:10:47 · answer #11 · answered by Patchouli Pammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋