Scale and Proportion

Human scale reference
-The first aspect of scale we notice, is size of the piece of art itself; usually judged by the size of work, in relation to us. 

Internal references
-Art can often show the view its size by the materials

Internal proportions
-consider the size and scale of elements within the design or pattern

Contrast of scale
1. Having the subject of the art larger or smaller than reality. 

2. Having the canvas/paper/etc. larger or smaller than the subject

Manipulation scale and proportion
-one faction of art that is known for manipulating scale and proportion is Surrealism and Fantasy; they alter scale to create an unrealistic, dream like setting

Surrealism
-An artistic style that stresses fantastic and subconscious approaches to art making and often results in images that cannot be rationally explained

Geometry and the Ideal
-The ancient Greeks desired to discover ideal proportions; and found the perfect body to be seven heads tall and even idealized the proportions of the parts of the body. 

Root Rectangles
-in that each half of the rectangle is also a proportion; the proportions are 1:√2 1:√3 and 1:√5

The golden rectangle
-The ancient Greek ideal of a perfectly proportioned rectangle using a mathematical ratio called the Golden mean