Practice question · Multiple choice
Proportion in sculpture is described as a system of relations rather than a set of fixed dimensions. What follows from this principle when establishing a form from life?
Hints
- If your armature were scaled up by half, what would have to happen to your measurements?
- How does anchoring every part to a single chosen feature protect the whole form?
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C. Measurements are derived from an internal unit rather than absolute values
Why
Treating proportion as relational means scale is held internally: one part governs the rest, so scaling the whole preserves structural integrity. Relying on external metrics or isolated features causes compounding distortions when overall volume shifts.
Practise Modelling From a Referent
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- Sort each activity by the stage of modelling it belongs to.
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- Which are true of comparative measurement in modelling?
- Complete the account of working in the round.
- On the classical canon, how many head-heights tall is a standing figure conventionally taken to be?
- Match each looking technique to what it corrects.
- Arrange the stages of modelling from a referent in the order they are performed.
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