The Significance of Contrapposto in Art
Sculptural revolution expressed by a twist in the human body
4 min readDec 11, 2020
How does a person look when they are stood upright? In Egyptian sculpture, the answer to this question emphasised the natural symmetry of the human body. The “correct” way to view an Egyptian sculpture was front-on, in order to see the natural balance of the idealised human figure, with even…
