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Contrapposto (Italian pronunciation: [kontrapˈposto]) is an
Italian term that
means "counterpoise". It is used in the
visual arts to
describe a
human figure...
- dei
Disegni e
delle Stampe shows the
figure in a more
frontal and less
contraposto pose. It was long
thought to show
Francesco Guardi, a very
young soldier...
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artful combination of
gestures are
particularly graceful, with an
elegant contraposto twist. The gaze
between the
exquisite Mother and
Child underlines its...
- Athena, with a
height of 2.35
meters (approximately 8 feet). She
stands contraposto and
wears a
peplos that is open on the
right side. She also
wears a Corinthian...
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execute punishment on the ****ed. The Vézelay Christ, however, is
pictured contraposto with arms wide. He is
delivering a message, not
exacting punishment....
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Sebastian being bought by the
Louvre in 1896. It
shows the
saint in a
contraposto pose
drawn from the
Doryphoros of Polykleitos,
echoed in a
later autograph...
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ballet positions were
influenced by
Baroque art,
especially the
ideal of
contraposto in sculpture,
where the
limbs were
arranged "as an
active spiral, denying...
- be said that
while Mannerism had
mastered the art of
formal strained contraposto and contorsion;
Annibale Carracci had
depicted dance and joy.
Later followers...
- island. The
marble statue depicts a
young male
figure in a
swinging contraposto pose, with his
right foot forward, his left hand
resting on his hip,...
- club and with his left hand on his hip and his legs in an
asymmetric contraposto pose.
Typical in Piero's work, this solemn, static, languid, and realistic...
