1.7 Scale and Proportion

An artist might use a small scale for a portrait of a lover because it implies ________.

intimacy

The Swedish-born artist Claes Oldenburg uses this kind of scale in his sculptures to express admiration for the little things in everyday life.

monumental

In ancient Egypt, this part of the human body was used as a standard of measurement. Six of these equaled a cubit.

palm

In his work The School of Athens, this Renaissance artist Raphael created figures using the ideal human proportions developed by the ancient Greeks.

true

In traditional African art of the Yoruba tribe, human imagery follows the ideal proportions identified by the ancient Egyptians in palm and hand measurements.

False

Photographers cannot be responsible for principles of scale or proportion in their photographs.

False

This proportional system uses a ratio of 1:1.618.

Golden Section

This group of artists sometimes used distorted scale to create dreamlike images that subvert our conscious experiences.

Surrealists

The ancient Greeks designed the Parthenon according to the idealized rules of proportion for the human body, creating ________ design.

a harmonious

When an artist uses scale to indicate the relative importance of elements in a composition, he or she is employing this kind of scale.

hierarchical scale

The kind of scale used for objects that appear larger than they are in real life is called ________ scale.

monumental

The relationships between the sizes of different parts of a work make up its ________.

proportions

Rectangles based on the Golden Section can be nested inside each other to create an elegant ________.

spiral

The Flemish artist Jan van Eyck used hierarchical scale to communicate ________ importance in his painting Madonna in a Church.

spiritual