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Contrapposto is defined as:

O a photographic print process using gum Arabic.
an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure.
a German term to denote devotional images used to aid prayer.
diagonal lines the recede into fictive space.

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an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure.

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Contrapposto is an Italian term and it is use in visual art to describe

an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with and balances the line of the hips and legs. It was an important sculptural development,it unveiling marks the first time in Western art that the human body is used to expression of relaxed physiological disposition.

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