Position of the depicted human body, balanced but asymmetrical, in which twisting or bending of the body's vertical axis results in hips, shoulders, and head turned or tipped in different directions.

contrapposto(P,,U,English-P,D,U,N)
contrapposto(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
contrapost(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
旋動姿態(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
對置(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,AD,U,U)
對應(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,AD,U,U)
hsüan tung tzu t'ai(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
xuán dòng zī tài(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
xuan dong zi tai(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Associated Concepts Facet
........Associated Concepts
............<concepts in the arts>
................<artistic concepts>
....................<formal concepts>
........................<visual and representational concepts>
............................pose
................................contrapposto

meaning/usage overlaps with....

tribhanga

Dutch....	De evenwichtige doch asymmetrische positie van het afgebeelde menselijk lichaam, waarin het draaien of het buigen van de verticale as van het lichaam een verandering van de richting van heupen, schouders en hoofd tot gevolg heeft.
Spanish....	Posición de la representación del cuerpo humano, equilibrado pero asimétrico, en que la contorsión o curvatura del eje vertical del cuerpo resulta en caderas, hombros y la cabeza giradas o volteadas en direcciones diferentes.
Chinese (traditional)....	運用平衡但不對稱的姿態，刻畫人體體態，身體的垂直軸線扭轉或彎曲，使臀部、肩膀及頭部往不同方向扭轉或傾側。

contrapposto............	[VP]
.................	Gardner's Art Through the Ages (1980)
.................	Murray, Dictionary of Art and Artists (1971) 91
.................	Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 277
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Lucie-Smith, Diccionario de Términos de Arte (1997)
.................	Sturgis y Clayson, Entender la pintura. Análisis y explicación de los temas de las obras (2002) 260
contrapost............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
旋動姿態............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
對置............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	藝術名詞與技法辭典 p. 113
.................	雄獅西洋美術辭典 p. 972
.................	牛津當代大辭典 p. 371
.................	大英視覺藝術百科全書 Vol. 9,pp. 176
對應............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 August 31, 2011
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 August 31, 2011
hsüan tung tzu t'ai............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
xuán dòng zī tài............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
xuan dong zi tai............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
Subject:............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	Encyclopedie van de kunst (1969)

Getty AAT: 300067391 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300067391
ASDC Union Catalog： contrapposto 、contrapost 、contrapposto 、旋動姿態 、對置 、對應 、hsüan tung tzu t'ai 、xuán dòng zī tài 、xuan dong zi tai