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Scale

A scale is a graduated line, representing proportionate size.
hierarchy, graduated system, proportion, progression, ratio
(Dictionary.com)

These are scale figures. They are used in architectural and other types of drawing to help give a sense of size to the other objects in the picture.  These are my drawings from Suzanne's in class drawing exercise where classmates had to pose for the rest of the students to draw their general shape in about 6o seconds.

Unity

Unity is a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one.
Wholeness, City-states, towns, Greek life, oneness
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“The Polis was a community of families related by common ancestors; person did not move into or join a city – one was born a member.” (Roth 221)

This picture is from my studio class last semester and represents unity in that all the parts act together as a whole. This semester I saw unity in Patrick's history class and in my Mythology class when we talked about Greek civilization and the way they formed their city-states. They had a town center, one of the most famous being the Acropolis where the Parthenon is located, and built outward from there. But the city-states themselves had extreme unity in that they were extremely tightly knit communities with true loyalty and heart for where they were born. Rarely were people accepted in but it wasn't uncommon for criminals or people who acted against the community to be excommunicated.

Section

a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure
partial, division, cut, slice, clarity
(Dictionary.com)
“Measuring nearly 60 by 66 feet, the Priene bouleutarion had tiers of benches on three sides, providing seating for about seven hundred people, and could probably have housed nearly all the voting citizens of Priene, whose total population must have been about four thousand.” (Roth 227)

Section drawings help the client or viewer of the drawing better understand the room/space/furniture that the section is of. There is a great example of a section on pg.228 of the Bouleuterion in Priene. This picture exemplifies an ancient gathering place probably used for political meetings and it really shows the use and arrangement of the room well.

Boundaries

A boundary something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
barrier, periphery, enclosure, border, outer limit
(Dictionary.com)
“The Knossos palace measured more than 460 feet square, centered about an open court running on a roughly north-south axis from sacred mountatins to the sea. Running through the building was a sophisticated plumbinh and drainage system. In places, the palace walls were four and five stories high in a series of setbacks around light courts ad stairwells. The principal chambers had walls brilliantly painted with murals depicting religious activities and festive sports, especially contests involving vaulting over charging bulls. It may well be that the complexity of the Knossos palace plan and the bull cult that flourished there formed the basis of the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur who lived in a fabled labyrinth.” (Roth 217)

This palace represents boundaries because of the labyrinth like hall ways and tall walls. I immediately thought of the boundary when i saw the floor plan for this palace.

VIGNETTE
Story, scenario, locality, scene, sketch
A Vignette is an engraving, drawing, photograph, or the like that is shaded off gradually at the edges so as to leave no definite line at the border
(Dictionary.com)

A vignette tells a story without using any words; general shapes and color can be added to help tell the tale.

In Blakemore's book, she refers to the ornamental wall treatments used by the egyptians  during the third dynasty; and these could be in a way considered an example of vignettes in that they captured part of an event to show a story. Hieroglyphics also told stories which could also make them technically vignettes.

Summary

In conclusion; scale effects hierarchy and balance and order. Unity can be represented with connecting lines and factors that hold a space, room, or civilization together. Sections are used to show clarity of a space, room, or area. Boundaries are not necessarily a fence but can be shown in a building. And Vignettes are pieces of art that tell a story without using words.


Citations
Scale, Unity, Section, Boundries, Vignette. (2009). Retrieved
February 8, 2009 from Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/

Roth, L.M. (2007). Understanding Architecture, It’s Elements,
History, and Meaning. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

Blakemore, R.G. (2006). History of Interior Design& Fruniture,
From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Europe, Second Edition. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc.