SCALE AND PROPORTION

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Question 1

What is the definition of proportion as it relates to size in art?

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Question 2

What is the most accurate description of the term 'scale' in the context of art?

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Question 3

What is 'hieratic scaling'?

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Question 4

In Fra Filippo Lippi's painting 'Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors', why is Saint Lawrence depicted as unnaturally large compared to the other figures?

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Question 5

What is the primary effect of the 'oppressively large' sphere in Richard Roth's installation 'Untitled'?

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Question 6

What is meant by 'human scale reference' when discussing the scale of art?

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Question 7

The Chinese medallion from the Ming Dynasty is used as an example of what kind of scale?

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Question 8

According to the text, what is the 'opposite approach' to the intimate scale of the Chinese medallion, as illustrated by Claes Oldenburg's 'Typewriter Eraser'?

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Question 9

What is the approximate length of the Nazca earth drawing of a spider, which can only be seen properly from the air?

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Question 10

How does Howard Hodgkin's painting 'Menswear' provide a sense of scale to the viewer, despite having no pictorial elements?

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Question 11

What key element transforms our understanding of scale in Andreas Gursky's photographs of a racetrack when comparing 'Bahrain II' to 'Bahrain I'?

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Question 12

What is the primary difference in the use of scale between Ghirlandaio's 'Last Supper' and Nolde's 'The Last Supper'?

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Question 13

What feeling is created by the use of scale in Ghirlandaio's 'Last Supper'?

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Question 14

In the context of 'Contrast of Scale', how does the wash drawing 'Insects IV' by Mark Fennessey attract our attention?

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Question 15

What is the primary artistic device used in Gilbert Li's 'Social Insecurity' to evoke a feeling of anxiety?

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Question 16

What is the defining characteristic of Surrealism's use of scale and proportion?

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Question 17

What is the central paradox presented by the scale of objects in René Magritte's painting 'Personal Values'?

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Question 18

In Charles Ray's sculpture 'Family Romance', what specific manipulation of scale radically demonstrates its impact?

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Question 19

What effect does Fernando Botero achieve by distorting the proportions in his version of 'Mona Lisa'?

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Question 20

What is a 'canon' of proportion?

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Question 21

Which rectangle is most often cited as 'perfect' and has influenced art and design throughout the centuries?

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Question 22

The proportions of the golden rectangle, known as the golden mean, can be expressed by what ratio?

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Question 23

What is the Fibonacci sequence, which is related to the ratio of the golden mean?

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Question 24

What is a 'root rectangle'?

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Question 25

How is a root 2 rectangle created from a square?

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Question 26

What unique proportional quality does a root 2 rectangle possess?

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Question 27

The painting 'The Duel after the Masquerade' by Jean-Léon Gérôme is used as an example of a composition based on which rectangle?

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Question 28

A root five rectangle is described as a derivative of the golden rectangle. What is its composition?

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Question 29

Which artwork is used as a prime example of a composition that exploits the properties of a root five rectangle to depict a three-part narrative?

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Question 30

In Masaccio's 'The Tribute Money', what event is depicted in the center square section of the root five composition?

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Question 31

What does the text suggest about the altered proportions of the Modified 1932 Ford ('Deuce') Street Rod?

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Question 32

What is the primary power of using an 'unusual or unexpected scale' in a work of art?

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Question 33

What is the key factor that determines whether an unusual scale, either large or small, is justified in an artwork?

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Question 34

The 'Limbourg Brothers. Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes' is given as an example of an artwork whose small scale is appropriate for what purpose?

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Question 35

What term is used when an element in a composition is described as 'out of proportion'?

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Question 36

What is the primary effect of John Moore's 'Blue Stairway', which combines large and small scale together?

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Question 37

What term did René Magritte use to describe the effect of artworks that provoke a reconsideration of how we know things through confusing scale?

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Question 38

How is the city skyline in the photograph of the New York–New York Hotel in Las Vegas revealed to be a fantasy?

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Question 39

The ancient Greeks sought ideal proportions and determined the 'perfect' body to be how many heads tall?

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Question 40

The irrational number represented by the Greek letter F (Phi), which is related to the golden mean, is approximately what value?

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Question 41

The text states that Picasso's abstract painting 'Harlequin' relies in part on what type of rectangle to evoke the figure?

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Question 42

The use of an oppressively large sphere in an installation, as seen in Richard Roth's 'Untitled', relies on what principle to convey its scale?

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Question 43

What does the text imply is the main effect of a Pop artist like Claes Oldenburg using a 'leap of scale'?

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Question 44

What is the primary emotional effect created by the internal proportions in Emil Nolde's painting 'The Last Supper'?

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Question 45

The satirical effect in Pavel Pepperstein's 'Landscapes of Future' is achieved by treating what kind of elements as symbols of monumental importance?

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Question 46

The term for a specific type of artistic distortion that reproduces the world not as it is, but as a cultural worldview says it should be, is called what?

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Question 47

How is the painting 'View of the Tiber near Perugia' by George Inness used to illustrate the golden rectangle?

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Question 48

If a square has a side length of 1 unit, what will be the length of the diagonal, which is used to create the long side of a root 2 rectangle?

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Question 49

What is the key difference between the scale manipulation in Pop Art (e.g., Oldenburg) and Surrealism (e.g., Magritte)?

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Question 50

Why are the inherent geometric lines of a rectangle (diagonals, midlines) important in composition?

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