Quiz 1.7

This use of scale can create an abnormal or supernatural effect, and was used by the Surrealists to do just that.

Distorted

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

In two-dimensional art, this is the area in which an artist creates their work.

Format

This proportional system uses a ratio of 1:1.618.

Golden Section

The ancient Greek sculptor who created the bronze known as Poseidon (or Zeus) used this part of the body as a standard unit for proportional measurement in the work.

Head

A work that is created in small scale can communicate:

Itimacy

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

Spiritual

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen collaborated to create Mistos, a larger-than-life sculpture of this everyday item.

a book of matches

Italian Renaissance painter Raphael's The School of Athens depicts ________.

a gathering of great scholars

Something done on a monumental scale usually indicates:

admiration Correct! Each answer shown is correct heroism bravery epic virtues

In ancient Egyptian art, the pharaoh was almost always depicted in this way:

as the largest of all the figures

Robert Lostutter creates his work with a particular scale in mind. That scale relates to these animals:

birds

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.

momumental

We perceive scale in relation to:

our own size

Henry Peach Robinson created his photographic work Fading Away by using a Golden ________ for the format dimensions.

section

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

surrealist