the actual figure of the female varies drastically between rubens's style and michelangelo's style. michelangelo typically depicted women in a masculine way. muscles are more clearly defined and the bodies look hard. the body is thinner. the hair is neatly styled. michelangelo's body proportions are a little skewed. rubens's women, on the other hand, are extremely curvaceous and are much softer. the hair is somewhat loose and not as styled. the body proportions seem more realistic in rubens's two works.