In the case of miniatures, in contrast to what happens when we try to understand an object or living creature of real dimensions, knowledge of the whole precedes knowledge of the parts. And even if this is an illusion, the point of the procedure is to create or sustain the illusion, which gratifies the intelligence and gives rise to a sense of pleasure which can already be called aesthetic on these grounds alone. Claude Lévi-Strauss, ‘The Science of the Concrete’

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孝顺Metastasio，'Per quel paterno amplesso'（Arbace），Artaserse，第二幕

在缩影的情况下，与我们试图理解真实尺寸的物体或生物时所发生的情况相反，对整体的了解先于对零件的了解。即使这是一种幻觉，该过程的目的还是要创造或维持这种幻觉，这种幻觉满足了智力并产生了一种愉悦感，单凭这些理由，这种愉悦感就已经可以称为审美。克劳德·列维·斯特劳斯（ClaudeLévi-Strauss），《混凝土的科学》