Key learning points

1. Scale is the relative size of an object or artwork in relation to its surroundings and to itself.
2. Artists can use scale to create drama or tension, or to emphasise a point.
3. Scale can be used to manipulate how the viewer interacts with the work.
4. Artists can use small components to create enormous art works.

Keywords

• Scale - how big or small something is in relation to the things around it and itself

• Photomontage - an artwork made by combining different photographs into a single composition

• Audience - the viewers who engage with a piece of artwork

• Diorama - a three-dimensional miniature model or scene

Common misconception