The position of a figure in painting or sculpture in which the hips and legs are turned in a different direction from that of the shoulders and head; the twisting of a figure on its own vertical axis.
Origin:
Origin: Italian
Origin: , past participle of contrapporre, to set opposite, contrast
Origin: , from Latin contrāpōnere
Origin: : contrā-, contra-
Origin: + pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots