1.7 Scale and Proportion

Question 1

Scale:

Answer 1

the size of an object or
artwork relative to another
object or artwork, or to a system
of measurement

Question 2

Proportion:

Answer 2

the relationship in
size between a work’s individual
parts and the whole

Question 3

Principles:

Answer 3

the “grammar”
applied to the elements of art—
contrast, balance, unity, variety,
rhythm, emphasis, pattern, scale,
proportion, and focal point

Question 4

Elements:

Answer 4

the basic vocabulary
of art—line, form, shape,
volume, mass, color, texture,
space, time and motion, and
value (lightness/darkness)

Question 5

Monumental :

Answer 5

having massive

or impressive scale

Question 6

Unity:

Answer 6

the imposition of order

and harmony on a design

Question 7

Relief:

Answer 7

a raised form on a largely
flat background. For example,
the design on a coin is “in relief”

Question 8

Gothic:

Answer 8

western European
architectural style of the twelfth
to sixteenth centuries,
characterized by the use of
pointed arches and ornate
decoration

Question 9

Surrealist:

Answer 9

an artist belonging
to the Surrealist movement in
the 1920s and later, whose art
was inspired by dreams and 
the subconscious

Question 10

Format:

Answer 10

the shape of the area an
artist uses for making a two-
dimensional artwork

Question 11

Classical period:

Answer 11

a period in
the history of Greek art,
c. 480–323 BCE

Question 12

Cast:

Answer 12

a sculpture or artwork
made by pouring a liquid (for
example molten metal or
plaster) into a mold

Question 13

Renaissance:

Answer 13

a period of
cultural and artistic change in
Europe from the fourteenth to
the seventeenth century

Question 14

Golden Section:

Answer 14

a unique ratio
of a line divided into two parts so
that a + b is to a as a is to b. The
result is 1:1.618