contrapposti
Syllables: con·trap·pos·tiUK/ˌkɒntɹəˈpɒsti/US/ˌkɑntɹəˈpɑsti/
contrapposti is the plural of contrapposto.
Meaning of contrapposto
Noun
contrapposto (countable and uncountable, plural contrapposto or contrappostos or 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...1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadance from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson, London; New Haven, Conn.: Yale Nota Bene, Yale University Press, published 2001, →ISBN
Origin of contrapposti
Borrowed from Italian contrapposti, the masculine plural form of contrapposto.
Questions about contrapposti
- What is contrapposti the plural of?
- Contrapposti is the plural of contrapposto.
- How do you pronounce contrapposti?
- Contrapposti is pronounced /ˌkɒntɹəˈpɒsti/ (UK).
Words near contrapposti in the dictionary
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