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Chiastic Pose

    The weight of the body on one foot, the other flexed and at rest,
is a stance called the "chiastic" pose:

    -Attributed to Polykleitos
    -Weight rests on right leg
    -Counterbalanced by bent left leg
    -Shoulder axis shifts
    -Spine curves
    -Figure is in balance
    -Lends naturalism to figure


 


 

Doryphoros (spearbearer), 450-440 BC