contrapposto
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contrapposto
- /ˌkɒntɹəˈpɒstəʊ/ UK
- /ˌkɑntɹəˈpɑstoʊ/ US
- /ˌkɒntɹəˈpɒsti/ UK
- /ˌkɑntɹəˈpɑsti/ US
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Borrowed from Italian contrapposto (“contrasting; opposing”, adjective), the past participle of contrapporre (“to set against, counter”), from Latin contrāpōnere, the present active infinitive of contrāpōnō (“to oppose; to place opposite”), from contrā (“against; contrary to”) + pōnō (“to place, put”).
The plural form contrapposti is borrowed from Italian contrapposti, the masculine plural form of contrapposto.
noun contrapposto · contrappostos · contrapposti
- The position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; (countable) an instance of this. The Archaic kouros was always callipygian, the large buttocks more stressed and valued than the face. But the buttocks of the Kritios Boy have a feminine refinement, as erotic as breasts in Venetian painting. The contrapposto flexes one buttock and relaxes the other. The artist imagines them as appl
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noun position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
| Español | contrapposto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 콘트라포스토 konteuraposeuto |
| 日本語 | コントラポスト kontoraposuto |
| 中文 | 對立式平衡 /对立式平衡 duìlìshìpínghéng |
| Português | contrapposto |
| Français | contrapposto |
| Deutsch | Kontrapost |
| Italiano | contrapposto |
| Ελληνικά | κοντραπόστο kontrapósto |
| Română | contrapposto |
| Русский | контрапо́ст kontrapóst |
| العربية | وضعية التعارض |
| עברית | קונטרה פוסטו |
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