Deck 7: Scale and Proportion

Question 1

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

A) intimacy
B) epic virtues
C) distance
D) importance
E) heroism

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The size relationships between parts of an object,or its ________,affects how a viewer will interpret it.

A) proportions
B) colors
C) mass
D) values
E) facade

Answer 2

A

Question 3

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

A) palm
B) toe
C) leg
D) torso
E) eye

Answer 3

A

Question 4

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

A) monumental
B) human
C) hierarchical
D) meaningful
E) proportional

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

A) human scale
B) monumental scale
C) small scale
D) hierarchical scale
E) proportional scale

Question 7

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

A) square
B) cast
C) mold
D) round
E) format

Question 8

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

A) human
B) small
C) monumental
D) hierarchical
E) proportional

Question 9

Compare ancient Greek ideal human proportions with the art of the Yoruba.In your opinion,which culture uses proportions that are most descriptive of the human figure? Why?

Question 10

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

A) peaceful
B) intimate
C) heroic
D) thoughtful
E) supernatural

Question 11

Historically,hierarchical scale has been used by artists to communicate power or rank in social and religious contexts,but identifying importance using scale (or implied scale)may also be used in visual communication design.Can you think of an example from everyday life-perhaps in advertising-where scale is use to indicate importance? How is it being communicated and is it effective?

Question 12

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

A) volume
B) scale
C) proportions
D) mass
E) character

Question 13

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

A) spiritual
B) social
C) political
D) aesthetic
E) intellectual

Question 14

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

Question 15

In his figural portraits,Robert Lostutter uses this kind of scale to create an intimate viewing experience.

A) hierarchical scale
B) monumental scale
C) human scale
D) small scale
E) proportional scale

Question 16

This aspect of culture is integral to both ancient Greek and Yoruba figural art,despite the differences in how the resulting artworks look.

A) politics
B) religion
C) social status
D) family
E) food

Question 17

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

A) Pop artists
B) Surrealists
C) Futurists
D) Cubists
E) Orphists

Question 18

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

A) Raphael
B) Claes Oldenburg
C) Dorothea Tanning
D) Michelangelo
E) Leonardo da Vinci

Question 19

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

A) monumental
B) human
C) miniature
D) lifesize
E) hierarchical

Question 20

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

A) a book of matches
B) a clothes pin
C) a baseball bat
D) a spoon and cherry
E) a bottle

Question 21

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

A) spiral
B) square
C) star pattern
D) circle
E) triangle

Question 22

In The School of Athens,Raphael focused our attention on two Greek philosophers positioned in the center of the work.They are ________ and ________.

A) Aristotle . . . Socrates
B) Socrates . . . Plato
C) Plato . . . Aristotle
D) Diogenes . . . Socrates
E) Diogenes . . . Aristotle

Question 23

Discuss ways in which photography can mislead viewers about scale or proportion.Find an example where the photographer has made an object seem either bigger or smaller than it would be in real life.What might the photographer's reasons have been for doing this?

Question 24

This proportional system uses a ratio of 1:1.618.

A) Standard Cubit
B) Fibonacci Sequence
C) Root 5 Rectangle
D) Rule of Thirds
E) Golden Section

Question 25

The composition of this photographer's work Fading Away appears to conform to a proportional ratio called the Golden Section.

A) Jan van Eyck
B) Nadar
C) Henry Peach Robinson
D) Dorothea Tanning
E) Ansel Adams

Question 26

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

A) an Egyptian-style
B) a disjointed
C) a harmonious
D) a Fibonacci
E) a small-scale

Question 27

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

Question 28

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.

Question 29

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.

A) torso
B) hand
C) foot
D) head
E) all of the other answers