Rubanesque
there is a certian commercial i have been seeing on television for lotion. The tag line of this commercial is "feel like a woman" or something like that. the visual appears to be classical paintings come alive to use the product, such as the recreation of venus on the half shell here:

the trouble i have with this commercial is the largest model on the screen might fit loosely into a size six. how could they attempt to recreate classical paintings without using proper rubanesque women characterized by pear shapes and small, ponty boobs that splashed the "centerfolds" of the time?
Now, if you wan to read something truly smart, read this BLOG I would also like to add how well timed this particular article is- i had paintings on the brain and here it was. the perfect article to complement my thought process. must be a great mind ;). But since this forward thinking person also uses blgger beta, i was alas unable to comment on her awesome blog- therefore i make my comments here.
Incidentally, while researching, i stumbled on to this witty little piece... a different take on the DOVE ads that are recently receiving so much attention. Just food for thought!


2 Comments:
As someone who has been labeled "rubenesque" I appreciate when real women are representing other real women in advertising. Being a size 6 doesn't automatically make one beautiful...it's the size of their heart.
Aw, see now I'm all blushing and stuff. :)
Thanks for the nod, sweetie. I have not seen that Keri ad but I will HAVE to check it out. Maybe it's on YouTube. Y'know, I was just reading this thing in The Beauty Myth about how the beauty ideal for women used to be the curvy, fertile, glorious Birth-Of-Venus type of gal until round about the time we started to get really uppity. The idea of a starved to death, skinny beauty ideal really started to emerge about the time we won the right to vote among other things. Coincedence?
P.S. Can you still not comment on my blog? I though Blogger had fixed that. Grrrr...
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