contrapposto

Examples of contrapposto in the following topics:

• Sculpture in the Greek High Classical Period

  • The athletes are shown in contrapposto stances.
  • The Diadumenos also stands in contrapposto, although his movement seems more forward and stable than that of the Discophoros.
  • The Discophoros and Diadumenos, along with the Doryphoros, demonstrate the flexibility of composition based on the Canon and the innate liveliness produced by contrapposto postures.
  • His body holds a contrapposto pose; one leg bears his weight, while the other is relaxed.

• Marble Sculpture and Architecture in the Greek Early Classical Period

  • Part of this illusion is created by a stance known as contrapposto.
  • This contrapposto position animates the figure through the relationship of tense and relaxed limbs.
  • He is most renowned for his treatise on the male nude, known as the Canon, which describes the ideal, aesthetic body based on mathematical proportions and Classical conventions such as contrapposto.
  • The figure has a Severe-style face and a contrapposto stance.
  • This sculpture demonstrates how the use of contrapposto creates an S-shaped composition.

• Michelangelo

  • Veins bulge out of his lowered right hand, but his body is in a relaxed contrapposto pose, and he carries his sling casually thrown over his left shoulder.
  • In the Renaissance, contrapposto poses were thought of as a distinctive feature of antique sculpture.

• Raphael

  • For example, Raphael's Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1507) borrows from the contrapposto pose of da Vinci's Leda and the Swans.
  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1507) borrows from the contrapposto pose of da Vinci's Leda.

• Oil Painting

  • There is no clear theme to The Tempest, which depicts a semi-nude woman suckling a baby while a man stands in contrapposto.

• Neoclassical Sculpture

  • The difference is exemplified in Canova's Hebe (1800-05), whose contrapposto almost mimics lively dance steps as she prepares to pour nectar and ambrosia from a small amphora into a chalice, and Thorvaldsen's Monument to Copernicus (1822-30), whose subject sits upright with the a compass and armillary sphere.

• Mannerist Sculpture

  • It is similar, but not identical, to contrapposto, and often features figures in spiral poses.

• Sculpture in the High Renaissance

  • The work is nude, in emulation of Greek and Roman sculptures, and the David stands in a contrapposto pose.

• Stelae in the Greek High Classical Period

  • He stands in a contrapposto pose with a cocked head, reaching for the flask held by the young attendant.

• German Painting in the Northern Renaissance

  • A clear departure from flat and stylized representations of the Romanesque and Gothic periods, the bodies appear naturalistic and dynamic, with each figure posed in an engaging contrapposto pose.