| LC control no. | sh2002011205 |
|---|---|
| Topical heading | Contrapposto |
| Variant(s) | Weight shift (Art) |
| See also | Human figure in art |
| Found in | Work cat.: Kontrapost und Kanon : Studien zur Entwicklung der Skulptur in Antike und Renaissance, c2002. ArtLex visual arts dictionary, Oct. 31, 2002 (contrapposto: position of a human figure in painting or sculpture in which the hips and legs are turned in a different direction from that of the shoulders and head; the twisting of a figure on its own vertical axis. Especially a way of sculpting a human figure in a natural pose with the weight of one leg, the shoulder, and hips counterbalancing each other. Thus it is sometimes called "weight shift." This technique was developed late in the ancient Greek period) Xrefer (Oxford dict. of art on WWW), Oct. 31, 2002 (contrapposto: term (Italian for "set against") applied to poses in which one part of a figure twists or turns away from another part. It was originally applied, during the Renaissance, to a relaxed asymmetrical pose characteristic of much Greek and Roman sculpture) |
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