ATTITUDE

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 3

(Fr.) In Painting and Sculpture, the gesture and position of a figure, in which the action merit of the person is represented. It should be natural and unconstrained, expre ive, varied. Where more than one figure occurs there should be contrast in the limbs, and at the same time a balancing of each other. [s. 118]