An analytic function f with
Schwarzian norm ∥𝒮f∥≤ 2(1 + δ2) is shown to satisfy a pair of two-point
distortion conditions, one giving a lower bound and the other an upper bound
for the deviation. Conversely, each of these conditions is found to imply
that ∥𝒮f∥≤ 2(1 + δ2). Analogues of the lower bound are also developed
for curves in ℝn and for canonical lifts of harmonic mappings to minimal
surfaces.