Category:Contrapposto
Deutsch: Kontrapost
English: Contrapposto is an Italian term that means counterpose. It is used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs.
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Pages in category "Category:Contrapposto"
- Category:Contrapposto - schemes
- Category:Contrapposto (lactans)
- Category:Contrapposto in paintings
- Category:Contrapposto in sculptures
- Category:Videos of contrapposto
- File:Bouguereau, Etude de nu pour Vénus, 1865 (5590353834).jpg
- File:De-Kontrapost.ogg
- File:Durer, adamo ed eva ad acquerello.jpg
- File:Eakins, Thomas (1844-1916) - 1883 ca. - Autoritratto con John Laurie Wallace.jpg
- File:Milton a Poem copy D 1818 Library of Congress object 1.jpg