How to Maintain the Proportional Balance in the Painting.

This aphorism helps you to determine what would be the size, length, etc of several objects of your composition and how should you maintain the proportional balance within two or more objects. Consequently, it also establishes the proper form of an object that helps to produce the value. Here is an example; - to make a good painting of a palace, it is necessary to make its pillars very suitable to carry the roof of the castle. It will become a matter of joke if they build very narrow or weak. This example as a common sense of symmetry, however, a unique matter related to this aphorism that the author not only proposed to use this aphorism in such type of common sense, rather he precepted to enforce this aphorism to prove the social dignity or status of people! 

We easily can notice the reverberation of the words of that oldest author when we will concentrate our eyes to some of the old miniature paintings of the king’s court of Mughal era.  When artists of that era started to depict a painting of the king's court, they were always conscious of maintaining the social status or priority of the people by using this aphorism; they placed every member of that court by maintaining their designation. They managed it either, by keeping the respectful distance from the king’s throne or depict larger figure than other common members of the court; even if the figure placed at the far distance from the  front group of figures of that composition, just like the painting of the right side.

In the right line, although the first figure placed at the very front of you, but it is too short. Because he was not so important of the court of Jahangir. Whereas, in the same line, look at the last figure placed at the front of the king's throne; but it depicted in very large size that is looking some odd in order of the sense of perspective because, he is too far from your vision. It mean, this person is one of the most important figures of the court of Jahangir. No matter where he has taken the sit. It is the best example of a unique application of this aphorism.

In our societal life, we always maintain a common respectful manners for all that possibly not applicable for children. Sometimes we show a special respect for a special person that may not similar to common people. The Author’s precept was that artists have to maintain this sort of proportional dignity seriously in their painting, no matter even it neglects the common theory of perspective that depend on the normal visualization.

I noticed the repercussion of this precept of the author in the children’s painting, where they always try to show the importance on that object they liked mostly by creating either a bigger object than other of a composition or, by using any warm or deep color. It is always their ambition to express themselves on the canvas or paper and to do so, they even agree to compromise with the basic grammar. The transparency of this type of childish vision brings the actual freedom that they enjoy very much. 

  It is striking, that the concept of proportion isn’t same for all. Asian concept is far different from the western concept of perspective. The Egyptian concept of perspective wouldn’t correspond with the western and oriental concept. In our oldest oriental paintings, we have discovered that when an artist drew a painting of Lord Buddha, he depicted lord’s portrait bigger than other Buddhist mendicants. They wanted to show the divinity and dignity of Lord Buddha. It is not only an exemplary of the precedence of the oldest grammar, however, it also has given the highest freedom to an artist.

Granting to the past concept of Chinese proportion, female little feet was the symbol of beauty, but it may not be acceptable in all terms.  Egyptian concept of proportion is not similar with Indian or western proportion, however, it doesn’t mean that Egyptian or Chinese concept of proportion was wrong. All concepts of those countries established on their socioeconomic culture and believes as I said in the past of my introductory article of Raag-Mala paintings, -  It is a very common concern that to understand the cultural side of any country, it is must to have a deep knowledge regarding the social life and traditional beliefs related to that country.