Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Scale Confusion (35)

When something is out of scale and challenges the viewers perception it is called enigmatic.


In this picture, the mug is almost as wide as the table making it out of scale. This makes the viewer question if this is all regular size or if it is placed in a dollhouse. Making something out of scale is used in other artwork as well.


This is the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin. Notice the really tall person next to the mountain. He is obviously out of scale but this makes others recognize him as the most important person in the composition. This is called hieratic scale.

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