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Gentlemen prefer cats

Did you ever meet crazy cat guys? Renaissance genius Andrea Mantegna met a company of them and depicted it in his famous painting “Parnassus”
The mount Parnassus was rather a popular location for Renaissance paintings.

Andrea Mantegna also decided to present his vision of the home of all art.
He went further in his understanding of the mysterious connection between cats and art, love and art, and cats as embodiments of love and art, and showed how men are actually inspired by felines:

Andrea Mantegna, Parnassus, True version

Andrea Mantegna, Parnassus, True version

Mars is hugging cat Venus:
Mars is hugging cat Venus

Vulcan is teasing cat Anteros, representing heavenly love as opposed to carnal love:
Vulcan is teasing cat Anteros, representing heavenly love as opposed to carnal love

Apollo is playing his lyre to a Mews:
Apollo is playing his lyre to a Mews

Mercury is speaking to cat Pegasus:
Mercury is speaking to cat Pegasus

What an Idylle!

Girls – Muses seem to be slightly jealous. Maybe they would like to have just a little bit of carnal love? No way in the presence of heavenly love!

Just compare Our version to a commonly known one, to be seen at the Louvre Museum, and you’ll get immediately what version is true!

Andrea Mantegna, Parnassus

Andrea Mantegna, Parnassus, the Louvre museum collection

If you doubt that a gentleman could be inspired by cats in his creativity, just get acquainted to the human assistant of Our beloved brothers Cole and Marmalade

Thus speaks Zarathustra the Cat

P.S. This true version of Mantegna’s masterpiece  was for the first time revieled in Our book:

Fat Cat Art: Famous Masterpieces Improved by a Ginger Cat with Attitude

There are more other important discoveries to be found there!

Did you prepare Our book as a gift to your cat or your cat-loving friend?

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