Practice question · Select all that apply
What does contrapposto accomplish for a sculpted figure?
Hints
- Shifting the weight implies a moment, mobility and interiority.
- It does not make the figure an individual.
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- A. It makes the body read as capable of movement
- B. It suggests an inner life and volition
- D. It implies a moment in time rather than a permanent state
Why
Moment, mobility, interiority, the shift of weight buys all three. What it does not buy is individuality: these bodies remain ideal composites.
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