What is rubenesque?

Rubenesque refers to a physical type that is characterized by a voluptuous body shape, often associated with the full-figured women painted by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens. This body type is said to be curvaceous with large hips, thighs, and breasts, a round and soft belly, and often with a well-defined waist. Rubenesque figures were considered ideal and celebrated in the Baroque era as a sign of wealth, abundance, fertility, and sensuality. The term is still used today to describe women with similar body types, and there is a growing movement of body-positive activists who embrace and celebrate their Rubenesque figures.