Meanings
comparative more Rubenesque · superlative most Rubenesque
- Of the figure of a woman, plump and sensuous.
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1993 December 3, “Variations”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume 22, number 49, Boston, Mass.: The Phoenix Media Communications Group, Adult Services, page 2Synonyms: voluptuous, zaftig, ample, beer-bellied, big, bulky, chubby, chunky
- artIn the style of Peter Paul Rubens.
Throughout his career as an illustrator, van Diepenbeeck was clearly influenced by the Rubenesque style in his reflection on the effects of actual light, his ample, energic creation of figures, and their complexion.
2021 December 6, Gwendoline de Mûelenaere, Early Modern Thesis Prints in the Southern Netherlands: An Iconological Analysis of the Relationships between Art, Science and Power, BRILL, →ISBN, page 37
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf the figure of a woman, plump and sensuous.
Origin
From Rubens + -esque, from the women depicted in the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).
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