ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONTRAPPOSTO
From Italian, from the past participle of contrapporre, from Latin contracontra- + pōnere to place.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRAPPOSTO»
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contrapposto in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
contrapposto and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Figure Drawing For Dummies
The Italian term contrapposto, which means “counterpoise,” is a great place to
start when trying to understand the equilibrium between the posture of the body
and the gravity that pulls against it. Where there's any gravitational pull against
any ...
2
History of Art: The Western Tradition
5-44. DoryphoTOS (Spear Rearer). Roman copy after an original of c. 450-440
B.c. by Polyklcitos. Marble, height 6'6" (2 m). Musco Archeologico Nazionale,
Naples CONTRAPPOSTO. The Kritios Boy, then, not only stands, he stands at
ease.
Horst Woldemar Janson, Anthony F. Janson, 2004
3
Painting in the Renaissance
Jesus Christ is wearing only a loincloth so that he can be baptized with waterfront
the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Piero delta Francesca painted Jesus with a
realistic contrapposto pose and a beautiful, almost glowing white body, to show ...
4
Renaissance Art: A Topical Dictionary
CONTRAPPOSTO 69 COMMUNION OF THE APOSTLE. See LAST SUPPER.
CONDOTTIERE (Condottiero [pl., condottieri]). Condottiere is the Italian word for
the leader of a band of mercenary professional soldiers during the fourteenth, ...
A final means for achieving a sense of soul is contrapposto. This suggestion will
be surprising at first sight, for that device has been used so much in Renaissance
and later sculpture that it appears to be merely a conventional manner of posing
...
James Carson Webster, Erastus Dow Palmer, 1983
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Pictures of the Body: Pain and Metamorphosis
39 Yet even this exercise in Counter Reformation austerity does not silence the
echoes of contrapposto. The reverberation of his former interests in the moving
figure can be read by looking up and down the body's midline: the eye that
follows ...
7
Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition
Contrapposto in the Doryphoros has been defined according to one or another of
these three categories, or by some combination of them. Our focus on these
multiple schemes to denote Polykleitan ponderation seems to be premised in
part ...
Recognizing Contrapposto in the Torso The word contrapposto describes the
twisting action of a torso. It was a favorite gesture of Michelangelo. When a figure
twists its torso, it often also stretches and compresses it Train your mind to ...
9
The English Mannerist Poets and the Visual Arts
The preceding survey has outlined the gradual transformation of classical
contrapposto into the most characteristic form of Mannerism, the figura
serpentinata. Renaissance representations of the human figure are enlivened by
contrapposto ...
10
Looking at European Sculpture: A Guide to Technical Terms
Contrapposto An Italian term, originating from the Latin contrapositum , meaning "
placed opposite," and synonymous with antithesis, or the juxtaposition of
opposites. In sculpture, contrapposto usually refers to a stance in which each
straight or ...
Jane Bassett, Peggy Fogelman, 1997
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRAPPOSTO»
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contrapposto is used in the context of the following news items.
William Dobell exhibition suggests artist's loss of confidence
As Wilson points out, it features a young tribesman in full regalia adopting the same contrapposto pose as Michelangelo's David. Paintings ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Canalside choreography: how the biennale got Venice dancing
The visual arts have, throughout history, been a major shaping force in dance; from the contrapposto positions of classical Greek statues, which ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Body and Soul
The artist forgoes Classical contrapposto stances and serpentine lines in favor of off-kilter poses, as if his figures are in the midst of adjusting ... «New York Sun, Jun 15»
Athens native has artwork displayed on New York City Streets
... forms emerge from the soil and coil upward with an abstract contrapposto,” says the artist's news release in regards to his newest creation. «Athens Messenger, Jun 15»
Bridget Riley: The Curve Paintings 1961-2014, De La Warr Pavilion
Indeed when Riley begins to speak of contrapposto and la figura serpentina, as she has done for this and other shows, she calls to mind ... «The Arts Desk, Jun 15»
Is Duane Hanson's Sentimentality for Working People Noble or Just …
His people lean, slouch, stand contrapposto, rest their chins on their hands at the breakfast table or hitch their thumb in their jean pockets, with ... «artnet News, Jun 15»
Lynda Benglis's Watery Sculptures Delight at Storm King
In a riff on the Acropolis's Erechtheion caryatids, Benglis's wonkily stacked blushing columns evoke female bodies standing in contrapposto. «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jun 15»
Local spellers bounced from bee
And then “contrapposto,” a visual arts word that means to counterpose. Even though he confidently and correctly spelled both words, Manu ... «Cincinnati.com, May 15»
Paul Bunyan Form Brings Coeur d'Alene Comfort
It's said that the first statue to employ “contrapposto” (the Italian term for counter-pose) was Kritios Boy. That pale sculpture dates back to 480 ... «The Spokesman Review, May 15»
At the intersection of sitting, noshing, info, art
... as “an installation of six unique 'sculptural paintings' whose organic forms emerge from the soil and coil upward in an abstract contrapposto.”. «The Villager, May 15»
