Scale and Proportion in Design

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Scale

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Size of one object in relation to others.

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Proportion

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Size of parts in relation to the whole.

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Purpose of Scale and Proportion

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Depict or distract from the ideal.

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Human Judgment of Scale

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Based on body size.

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Common Adjectives for Scale

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Life-sized, Miniature, Oversized, Enormous.

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Emphasizing Importance

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Oversized or miniature objects.

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Proportion in Design

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Relative size of components.

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Standard for Proportion

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Human body as reference.

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Golden Ratio

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Mathematical method for proportion.

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Classical Beauty

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Closer proportions to the golden ratio.