Proportion and Scale

Deviations from expected, normal proportions

• Exaggeration/Distortion

• Proportion

• Foreshortening

• Scale

A line divided into 2 parts so that the smaller part has the same ratio to the larger part that the larger part has the entire line

• Hierarchial Proportion

• Scale

• Golden Mean

• Proportion

Principle of art concerned with the size of one part or thing compared to another

• Scale

• Proportion

• Foreshortening

• Golden Mean

To shorten an object to make it look like it goes backward and/or forward in space

• Scale

• Foreshortening

• Golden Mean

• Proportion

Size relationship of an object to its standard reference.

• Scale

• Proportion

• Foreshortening

• Exaggeration/Distortion

When size of an object is used to show its importance in an artwork

• Scale

• Golden Mean

• Proportion

• Hierarchical Proportion