con·trap·pos·to (k n tr -ps t)n. The position of a 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. [Italian, past participle of contrapporre, to set opposite, contrast, from Latin contr  pnere : contr-, contra- + pnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.] |
contrapposto [ˌkɒntrəˈpɒstəʊ]
n pl -tos
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (in the visual arts) a curving or asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure with the shoulders, hips, and legs in different planes
[from Italian, from the past participle of contrapporre, from Latin contra contra- + pōnere to place]
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