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Catttt Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

The Less than Beautiful in Art

"Everything Is Connected in Life: Beautiful Things in Science"

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"Disconnections and Asymmetries: The Less than Beautiful in Art"

are the titles of two sections of a book. Does "The Less than Beautiful in Art" mean "less beautiful things in art" or "less than beauty in art" or something like this?

The book: https://books.google.com/books?id=iiE3RsvK248C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  

Top answer

“The Less than Beautiful…” means the ‘unattractive’ or perhaps ‘ugly’ subjects. Some animals or creatures, like an octopus, can be looked upon as ugly while being efficient.

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“The Less than Beautiful…” means the ‘unattractive’ or perhaps ‘ugly’ subjects. Some animals or creatures, like an octopus, can be looked upon as ugly while being efficient.