Comments on: Does anyone else think that women that are supposed to be beautiful in art history paintings are ugly?

By: rmbrruffian

rmbrruffian — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:51:59 +0000

In the Renaissance age, women who looked thin and starved would not make good wives. They were thought of as sickly and weak. The curves and ‘fat’ that you see portrayed bespoke of a woman that was healthy and able to work to keep a house and children. It is only in the last 30 years that thin to the point of emaciation has become the standard of beauty.
Don’t get me wrong, I think that women that are healthy, and have a good muscle mass for their body are beautiful. But people that think all women should be stick figures have limited vision. Not everyone is made to be thin. I dated very thin men, and I’d rather have a man with some meat on his bones in bed. It’s not fun getting jabbed by some guy’s hipbones.
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Amateur Watercolorist

By: Aunt Joanie

Aunt Joanie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:46:59 +0000

Don’t forget that standards of beauty change—the norm for women, even as late as the fifties, used to be much heavier than now. Also hair styles and make up change–and people of one nationality may not the think the women of another are particularly good looking. It all comes down to beauty being in the eye of the beholder, I guess.
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By: Dna Denizen

Dna Denizen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:16:59 +0000

Ha! I think the idea of modern beauty is pretty ugly. They didn't have photoshop, plastic surgery and load of makeup back then you know.
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By: Maureen G

Maureen G — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:30:59 +0000

Partly your opinion is subjective, but also there is historical perspective to consider.
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