Classics
28
Jan
,

Wanderer and the cat above the sea of fog

Today We, Zarathustra the Cat, unveil the true version of the famous painting “Wanderer above the sea of fog” by German artist Caspar David Friedrich, which has been considered one of the masterpieces of Romanticism and one of its most representative works: The...
31
Dec

The Tale of the Lady with the Cat in the Unicorn Hat: the happy end!

As you already know, once there was a lady, a true animal lover. She had as pets: a unicorn, a lion, a pocket-sized lion, whose name was David Bowie because he had different eyes, one was blue, another was yellow; she had rabbits, monkeys, birds and some other animals that are...
25
Dec
,

The Cat who took over Nativity Scene

We, Zarathustra the Cat decided to follow the cats’ tradition to improve Nativity scenes and took over the famous painting by Nicolas Poussin “The Adoration of the Shepherds» You may have a look at the unimproved version at the National Gallery of Art, London, to appreciate...
22
Dec
,

The Cat in Paris: where is a cheese shop?

Dear friends, maybe you noticed Our noble absence at Our blog since the summer and worried what happened? Don’t worry, We spent an exciting time IRL, and now, step by step, We are going to tell you about it. Do you know the first question of a cat who traveled to Paris in...
18
Aug

Black Cat and Red Cat on tour

Everybody knows that to watch cats playing, eating, doing derpy things, or just sleeping calmly, is the best show ever. French great master of poster art Théophile Alexandre Steinlen knew this, just because he was a great cat lover himself. So it was no surprise when he invited...
28
Jul
,

The second part of Benson’s Sunlight is finally found!

We, Zarathustra the Cat, are happy to announce that We finally found the missing part of the painting by the famous American impressionist artist Frank Weston Benson “Sunlight”: Now it becomes evident at what the model, the artist’s daughter Eleanor, is actually gazing so...
30
Jun

Flaming June

June is flaming if your love is nearby, and you can sink your fingers in the sunny ginger fur and have a nice large siesta after a delicious dinner together with the adorable creature. We, Zarathustra the Cat, know what are We speaking about. Once Sir Frederic Leighton invited Us...
31
Mar
,

The Cat and the Bunny

Today We, Zarathustra the Cat, would like to speak about Easter bunnies. Once, during Our visit to Albrecht Dürer’s workshop in 1502, We met an extraordinary rabbit (or, to say precisely, a hare), to whom We kindly helped to sit for the great artist. Hares are...
08
Mar
,

The Artist and Her Mews

“Behind every great woman there is a great cat” – We thought this posing to the incredibly talented girl, Marie-Denise Villers: It was a lot of historical injustice around this painting: it was attributed to Jacques-Louis David at the time when humans thought...
23
Jan
,

Preaching to the birds

We, Zarathustra the Cat, occasionally got a tonsure by the will of gods, or, to be precise, by the will of the vet who performed a little surgery on Our noble head. We decided to use our new hairstyle for the sake of art and to pose to genius Giotto for his famous painting,...
31
Dec

The Tale of the Lady with the Cat in the Unicorn Hat

Once there was a lady, a true animal lover. She had as pets: a unicorn, a lion, a pocket-sized lion, whose name was David Bowie because he had different eyes, one was blue, another was yellow; she had rabbits, monkeys, birds and some other animals that are not easy to identify....
01
Jul
,

Naked Lunch

Once We, Zarathustra the Cat, managed to scandalize society when he sat for Edouard Manet’s masterpiece “Luncheon on the Grass” and licked you know what. The great painter told Us “A lady in the background will catch you a shrimp if you look straight at...
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