ABSTRACT
Scale and proportion both have to do with size. Scale is size in relation to a standard or “normal” size. For example, a set
model is smaller than the actual set onstage. But if it is made
accurately, as a faithful replica of the original and to scale , then the proportions of the model are the same as the set, only
reduced in size by a specifi c ratio. A set model created in one-
quarter scale is only one quarter the size of the actual set, but
possesses all of the details of its full-size counterpart. Scale can
also be used to refer to the overall size of a work of art. We
may use the phrases “small scale,” or “large scale” to describe
both the size of the work and its scope. Our set model may be
grand in scale when examined up close, but next to the actual
set, it is small.
