10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUBENSESQUE»
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Rubensesque in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder: A Novel
You need your kind of curves for this dress, Isabel, glorious, Rubensesque
curves!” “Now, hang on a minute . . .” I begin. I mean, I may not be the size of an
iron railing, but I draw the line at “Rubensesque.” It's just another way for Katriona
to tell ...
Frans I. was an estimable painter; Frans II. created large religious paintings and
little panels of various kinds; Frans "the Rubensesque" painted only pictures of
small dimensions. It is difficult to distinguish the works of Frans II. from those of ...
Rubensesque Baroque spread widely. By the end of the 17th century French
followers of Rubens, the Rubensistes, triumphed over the Classical Poussinistes
in the French Royal Academy. In Spain, Juan de Valdez Leal and Murillo
adapted a ...
Grolier Incorporated, 1993
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The Encyclopedia Americana
Rubensesque Baroque spread widely. By the end of the 17th century French
followers of Rubens, the Rubensistes, triumphed over the Classical Poussinistes
in the French Royal Academy. In Spain, Juan de Valdez Leal and Murillo
adapted a ...
And in a day when the cannons of beauty called for opulent, Rubensesque
women, she was not only thin, she was skeletal—“A Madonna's head stuck on a
broomstick,” as the writer Alexandre Dumas fils called her. She never needed an
...
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Sober University: Your Next Step to a Successful Recovery
Since the fashion model Twiggy became popular in the 1960s, we've been
starving and sweating and imitating what has been defined as “beauty.” The
voluptuous beauty of the Rubensesque Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe ...
Because I am not by nature a satirist, I picture Asher and Dorothy (and Ted and
Sheila, come to that) in a Rubensesque setting, cherubim in the clouds, the silk of
their garments rustling, his fingers unlooping curls that fall about her peachy ...
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Field Work: Sites in Literary and Cultural Studies
Lowell writes: “On the joint Mason—Myers bookplate, there are two merry and
naked mermaids— lovely marshmallowy, boneless, Rubensesque butterballs, all
burlesque—show bosoms and Flemish smiles. Their motto, malo frangere quam
...
Marjorie Garber, William R Kenan Jr Professor of English Marjorie Garber, Paul B. Franklin, 2013
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The Age of the Avant-Garde: 1956-1972
His preoccupation with private acts of sexual violence turns out to be amazingly
sociable. His depiction of male nudes may aspire to a condition of existential
candor, but it concludes in a kind of perverse parody of Rubensesque hedonism.
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New Media: A Critical Introduction
Like portraiture in painting, elective surgery has also tended to correspond to
certain ideals of 'beauty': how long will it be before we see a rise in the fortunes of
Rubensesque elective surgical techniques? To highlight this fact, the French ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUBENSESQUE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Rubensesque is used in the context of the following news items.
Six more reasons why you're fat
... you are sensitive, so others are horribly fat while you have all sorts of justifications for your Rubensesque embonpoint, traditional build or cheerful plumpness. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Rubens and His Legacy, from Van Dyck to Cézanne: Stunning …
His flesh has the Rubensesque quality of softness and light, but it is inflected with a greyish tinge, already rotting. A wound gapes from his side; blood runs over ... «The Independent, Jan 15»
Review: Rubens and His Legacy at the Royal Academy
They're not remotely Rubensesque in their execution, but they are among some of the first modern British paintings in which landscapes as a subject in ... «London Loves Business, Jan 15»
Strike a chord
The singer, proud of her Rubensesque shape, adds that being interesting and sexy has nothing to do with your waistline. Her choice in clothing is an extension ... «VOGUE India, Dec 14»
A Brief History of Butts in Art
On the flip side, Peter Paul Rubens (who is responsible for that adjective Rubensesque) allowed white people to become comfortable with the idea that a big ... «Vulture, Nov 14»
Bob Dylan and the rockers who paint – reviewed
Under a sky illuminated by Rubensesque light smashing apart the clouds, it shows a London of terraced streets and a derelict Battersea power station. «The Guardian, Sep 14»
The Art World Has Stopped Distinguishing Between Greatness and …
Nowadays, de Kooning's canvases of the 1970s and 1980s, with their swashbuckling brushwork and vertiginous color, are often praised as Rubensesque (or ... «The New Republic, Jun 14»
TV review: Eurovision; Copacabana Palace
So I won't bore you with tales of bearded ladies rising like phoenix or of Rubensesque Polish women enthusiastically churning butter. It's not for me to tell you ... «WalesOnline, May 14»
Captain Comics: All about Gwen Stacy
In fact, Gwen _ with her hair pulled back by berets and her Rubensesque (or Ditkoesque) extra-wide hips _ could have passed for Parker's mother! But that all ... «San Angelo Standard Times, May 14»
Chris Christie's Biggest Asset
It was an awkward way of phrasing it, but Grassley had stumbled onto an interesting question about the Rubensesque New Jersey governor and presidential ... «Politico, Dec 13»
