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Contrapposto

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A sculptural technique in which one hip is higher than the other because a knee has been bent or a leg has been moved forward or backward. It shows the artist's better understanding of anatomy. First exhibited in the ancient Greek Kritikos Boy, it can also be seen in Michelangelo's David.

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