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| con·trap·pos·to [ kntrə pó stō ] (plural con·trap·pos·tos) |
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asymmetric pose in sculpture: a relaxed asymmetric pose of the human body in art, especially sculpture, in which the shoulders and hips are turned in different planes
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| [Early 20th century. < Italian, past participle of contrapporre< Latin contraponere (see contraposition)] |
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