Celebrating The Cat In Art
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Portrayals of Felines In Art, Religion, and Prose
The Origin of Art Featuring Cats
The Cat by Pablo Picasso
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Mankind has had a close relationship with cats as old as civilization. Our history with felines stretches back over 9,500 years. Domestic cats have played a role in many areas of cultural significance. They have always been a popular subject of art and literature.
The exact history of our origins together with cats is still not known, however, a gravesite discovered in Cyprus , dating from 7500 BC, contains the skeletons of a ceremonially buried human and a type of young cat. Since cats are not native to Cyprus, cats must have been domesticated at least by this period.
Vikings used cats to catch rats and as favored pets.
In ancient Egypt cats were also useful for keeping down mouse and rat populations and were elevated to the status of favored by the gods. The goddess Bast was usually portrayed in feline form.
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Gustave Klimt and his cat, Milia
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Klimt and His Cat
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Feline Prose
Famous Literature With Cats
Cat Reading
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"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by TS Elliot
"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Cat Who Walked By Himself" by Rudyard Kipling
"Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" by Lewis Carrol
"Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
"Grimbold's Other World" by Nicholas Stuart Gray
"Ginger and Pickles" by Beatrix Potter
The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
"The Cat In The Hat" by Dr. Seuss
The "Cat Who" Series by Lillian Jackson Braun
"Legendarium" by JRR Tolkien
"Pet Cemetery" by Stephen King
Cats, Montage
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Pierre Auguste Renoir
Stage and Screen
Cats in Modern Film and Theater
Halle Berry as Catwoman
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Zen Breeze Cats
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Admit It. You Love Cats.
Paul Gaugin
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Jan 4, 2010 @ 9:15 am | delete
- As i cat lover i enjoyed reading this lens. 5*
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- Strange what brings people to a lens. I found it searching on Egypt. 5*
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- :) I'm very much a cat person too . Great posters.
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- ciao! i've recently joined squidoo to promote my etsy shop which is full of cat illustrations- love cats!
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Dec 5, 2008 @ 9:37 pm | delete
- Great Lens about Cat Art! We are big cat Fans in my House. We have 3 kittens now 7 months and the twins are 6 months. Not really kittens anymore. My oldest son is totally in LOVE with his pets! I love drawing and painting cats myself. I have a few designs in my Cafepress store!
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