Contrapposto, Hanchement

Contrapposto or hanchement is an artistic posture ainting and scultpure) in which the figure's weight is shifted onto a single, stiffened leg, causing the hips and shoulders to tilt and the other leg to be spared of supporting effort.

This effect appeared in Ancient Greece sculpture around 480 BCE and became widely used by Rinascimento (Italian Renaissance) artists. Less radical than the 'S-Curve', contrapposto suggests that the figure was visually captured within an ongoing movement.

The French term "hanchement", first attested in 1867, refers to a position or movement making on hip jut out to the side.