Focus on Modesty (Corradini sculpture) and explore the Visual features.
The figure is in a contrapposto stance, having her weight on one foot more than the other. This pose gives her human-like qualities and a motion as if she is in the middle of an action. The way her classical drapery falls on her body also shows this movement. The artists of eighteenth-century Italy were especially interested in the depiction of movement as Corradini was. Her face is turned away from the viewer, shielding her eyes with the transparent veil. Her stance is inviting; however, her face is telling a different story. The veil seems heavy but also see-through. It falls just so over her chest to accentuate her breasts, but also covers her pubic area so that it is not overtly sexual. She is exposed yet metaphorically shielded by the drapery. Her supple body is fluid, a smooth and perfect human. These idealized qualities lead to a feeling that she is a divine woman and not of this world.
contrapposto