Chapter 1.7 scale and proportion

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

a harmonious

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

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 sections

The ancient Greek sculptor who created the bronze known as Poseidon used this part of the body as a standard unit for pro-portional measurement in the work.

head

This type of scale is common in the relief sculpture of ancient Egypt, where it was used to indicate social importance.

hierarchical

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

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

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

spiritual

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

supernatural

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

surrealist