QUIZ 7 SCALE AND PROPORTION

It does not matter if a sculptor is creating a human statue on a monumental scale, or a figure much smaller than lifesize: if the sculptor applies the ratio of the Golden Section, the sculpture will have naturalistic proportions.

True

An artist would probably use distorted scale if he or she wanted to create a lifelike scene that the viewer could relate to.

False

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

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

Raphael

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

Surrealists

Scale can change the way a work is perceived by a viewer. By choosing to make his painting very large, the French artist Jean-François Millet elevated the importance of a group of old women working in a field. What is the name of this work?

The Gleaners

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

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

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

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

monumental

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

palm

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

Dorothea Tanning's work Eine Kleine Nachtmusik uses deliberately distorted scale to create an abnormal or ________ effect.

supernatural