Talk:Peter Paul Rubens
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this page definitely needs help...the guy is considered one of the genius' of painting...
- Someone could start by fixing up the images..? - David Stewart 10:31 29 May 2003 (UTC)
- What does "fixing up" mean, please? Adrian Pingstone 10:37 29 May 2003 (UTC)
- It means someone who has a better knowledge of coding than I do might want to straighten up the overlapping images and text at the bottom of this page - David Stewart 10:43 29 May 2003 (UTC)
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"Rubenesque"
Shouldn't the fact that he is now most widely-remembered in popular culture as a painter of plump female figures be picked up in the article somehow? Certainly he is one of the all-time great painters, let alone one of the two greatest of the "Dutch Masters", but doesn't this minor pop-cultural footnote (the fact that his name is the origin of a euphemism for "overweight") merit at least a mention? (Asked because I am hoping that someone could phrase it better than I would.)
Rlquall 01:46, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I don't feel like trying to phrase it better than you would, but I support the idea. Rl 07:21, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I'd disagree that the term 'rubenesque' is a euphemism; it's merely a statement of fact. I can recall that one particular feminist writer (Gloria Steinem, I think) saying that Rubens must have hated women seeing as how he portrayed them as being so large and - well - fat! On the contrary, he adored his mistress who just happened to be a large lady - Pete C ✍ 13:52, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Excellent! Get us a source and we have a whole new paragraph. :-) Rl 15:17, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
