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Dec

How to comb a winged cat

What should you do if you stay home on holiday? You should do something pleasant for your cat! Famous Italian Renaissance master Melozzo da Forlì showed this in his fresco: The expression of bliss on the face of the noble animal is the best reward for his humble assistant Just...

Dec

John Singer Sargent, Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Daughters and the Cats of Edward Darley Boit

Today We, Zarathustra the Cat, reveal to the world the true version of the famous masterpiece by the genius American artist John Singer Sargent, “The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit”: The painter invited Us to sit for his picture because he knew that We already...

Nov

Michelangelo

The Temptation of the Fat Cat

Today, We, Zarathustra the Cat, present the newly discovered first ever painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti. The great artist is believed to have been painted it when he was twelve or thirteen years old. Of course, all kids love cats and treats, so Michelangelo painted Us in his...

Oct

architecture

The Colosseum cat is colossal

Guess what Catzilla would do if he visits Rome? He would definitely take a noble cat nap in the giant box of Colosseum: “Si ego convenit me sedet”. It means “if I fits I sits” in Latin Thus speaks Zarathustra the Colosseum Cat BUY THIS ARTWORK as a...

May

Albrecht Dürer, Alte Pinakothek Munich

The look into the future

Once, We, Zarathustra the Cat, visited Albrecht Dürer in his studio. The great master was painting his portrait, this one: We decided to be helpful as we, cats, use to be, and perched on the painter’s laps. On Our noble way, We pushed down his palette, but this was a low...

Apr

Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre

The Saviors of the World

The events of the last two months led Us, Zarathustra the Cat, to the significant discovery in the history of art: the true look and the true meaning of the enigmatic “Salvator Mundi” by Leonardo da Vinci. We dedicate Our work to the real saviors of the world today,...

Mar

Working from home

Dear friends, a challenge that humanity faces nowadays is working from home Look how we helped young Cicero in making his studies in his safe and isolated place: The cozy scene was pictured in the fresco by Vincenzo Foppa, the leading Lombard master of the quattrocento period, to...

Mar

The story of St.Gertrude, patron saint of cats

Do you know that today, the 17th of March, is the day of St.Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of cats? Here we are, St.Gertrude herself and cats Zarathustra and David Bowie captured in stained glass: “Dear patron saint, do you have enough shrimps for your angel?”...

Jan

James Tissot, Musee d’Orsay

Evening with the Cat

Every woman dreams of the large ginger cat to escort her to the ball. Famous French artist James Tissot chose Us as a model to embody this sweet fantasy in his masterpiece: The lady-model chose her dress to compliment Our magnificent furs. If you look at the commonly known...

Dec

Giulio Romano

The Chariot of Ginger Sun

Today We, Zarathustra the Cat, reveal to the world the true version of the famous fresco by Giulio Romano in the Chamber of the Sun and the Moon in Palazzo Te, Mantova, Italy: Palazzo Te, built and decorated between 1525 and 1535, is the masterpiece of Giulio Romano, who...

Dec

Jeanne d’Arc: for the sake of the Cat

Do you know that We, Zarathustra the Cat, made a crucial impact on the Maid of Orléan’s heroic deeds? Look at the illustration created in 1506 by the artist Jean Pichore for the manuscript book “Lives of famous women” (“Les Vies des femm...

Oct

Edward Hicks, National Gallery of Art Washington

Peaceable Kingdom of cats, fishes, shrimps and other animals

“The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; the fat cat shall...