Art History Terms To Know: Canon of Proportions and Contrapposto
The canon of proportions is the calculation of the proportions of a human being.
Many civilizations used these in their sculpture to make the human figure look as ideal as possible. Ancient Egyptian, Archaic, Hellenistic, and many more civilizations applied the canon of proportions to their art. For example, most artists had graphs and drawings of their proportions before beginning a work.
Contrapposto is a common pose used in these types of sculptures also.
Most commonly the figure is one of power, as shown above, Augustus of Primaporta, and has one weight-baring leg and the other is relaxed. Contrapposto was very common among Ancient Egyptian, Archaic, Hellenistic, and many more civilizations' sculpture.
How does the canon of proportions calculation work? Like, how do you calculate it? Also, IM SO PROUD OF U!
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to a graph about it. There was a general calculation. Check it out. Thank you for your question: http://blog.stephens.edu/arh101glossary/?glossary=canon-of-proportions
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