December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
The choice of scale can greatly affect the way that a work of art is experienced and the kind of expression available to the artist.
• Miniature. Very tiny works can exhibit qualities of compression, delicacy, and intimacy.
• Small. Works of a modest scale can readily present the touch of the artist since the scale of mark to that of the whole work is usually fairly large.
• Medium. As the size of a work increases, its physical presence becomes more of a factor.
• Large. Here, the physical presence of a work can become its most overwhelming feature.
• Gargantuan. A number of artists have pushed the idea of scale to improbable boundaries. Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, a construction on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, involved moving ...