"Zaftig is a yiddish word meaning ripe or luscious, and is commonly applied to curvaceous women."
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Zaftig The Case For Curves by Edward St. Paige.
Some painters included in the book are:Rembrant, Titian, Correggio, Lord Leighton, Diego Rivera, Ruebens, Renoir, Reginald Marsh, Picasso, Giovanni Bellini, Ingres, Klimt, Mucha, Tamara de Lempicka, and Camille Bombois. If so many painters find curves so worthy of the worship of the brush why do we not?
