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Contrapposto
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Contrapposto, in the visual arts, is a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot, so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs in the axial plane.
Kritios Boy. c. 480 BCE, was the first known Greek statue to use contrapposto.
Kritios Boy. c. 480 BCE, was the first known Greek statue to use contrapposto.
Etruscan statuette, from Italy, 3rd to 1st century BCE, bronze
Etruscan statuette, from Italy, 3rd to 1st century BCE, bronze
The Venus de Milo depicts an S-curve body shape. Greek, c. 130–100 BCE.
The Venus de Milo depicts an S-curve body shape. Greek, c. 130–100 BCE.
Hermes from Thrace, 2nd century
Hermes from Thrace, 2nd century
Statuette of Mercury
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The Statuette of Mercury is a Roman bronze statuette of the god Hermes created in the 2nd century CE. Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2023, it is among a set of similar set of figurines
Statuette of Mercury
Versailleux Mercury, discovered in 1882, acquired by the MET in 1906.
Versailleux Mercury, discovered in 1882, acquired by the MET in 1906.
The Hermes Criophorus, based on the Greek original by Polykleitos
The Hermes Criophorus, based on the Greek original by Polykleitos