Monthly Archives: Март 2012

Cats and Glamour7fw9jvp5tylcocni3cvc9o28dm3ly44wCats and Glamour

Posted on 31 Март 2012 by Заратустра
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They say that cats are not not glamorous beings, and fashion addicted young ladies prefer handbag dogs and other accessory beings as ermines. But this is not true! Look at the original version of the portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, who was the most glamorous lady of that time:iprten2wd8zvl4pwqhtvzrg99nbz04v9

At that day, after sumptuous dinner at the Duke Sforza palace, We meditated on luxury fasion and ermine mantles… Having noticed our glamourous mood, some ignoramus, who thought that the elegance of being depends on the price of its coat, painted an ermine over the Cat. But We and Our beloved sister Fee from Germany know that the true elegance is harmony and noble manners, and thecats are themostelegant beings on Earthrzz6zbfbodcdy1wxh9yd60y0sdl8yq6g

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They say that cats are not not glamorous beings, and fashion addicted young ladies prefer handbag dogs and other accessory beings as ermines. But this is not true! Look at the original version of the portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, who was the most glamorous lady of that time:

Leonardo da Vinci. Lady with a Cat pretending to be an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani)

Leonardo da Vinci. Lady with a Cat pretending to be an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani)

At that day, after sumptuous dinner at the Duke Sforza palace, We meditated on luxury fasion and ermine mantles… Having noticed our glamourous mood, some ignoramus, who thought that the elegance of being depends on the price of its coat, painted an ermine over the Cat. But We and Our beloved sister Fee from Germany know that the true elegance is harmony and noble manners, and thecats are themostelegant beings on Earth
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Breaking News! Hank the Cat for Senate!3cg70uobjom5hoiik15t0xh25l82nchhBreaking News! Hank the Cat for Senate!

Posted on 26 Март 2012 by Заратустра
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We are so happy to announce that We, Zarathustra the Cat, the first  Russian cat-politician , the candidate for Russian Presidency, found our brother the first American cat politician: Hank for Senate. Having in Our mind the support of our brother Hank, We kindly revisited American gothic:3uwm8w1vy1zjh7pv2vmq39w4s26a3lix

Grant Wood, Zarathustra the cat supports Hank for Senate in American Gothic style

Grant Wood, Zarathustra the Cat proudly supports Hank for Senate in American Gothic stylermg0xb9r2qosz8j26nhy1cxjd4v7gctx

Thanks to his very American look (he is Main coon, and it is a native American cats race) Hank got a great support amongst widest audience of his home state Virginia:  Continue reading →p1e9qsq2j8co75vtywyuttkpz8m6lhw0

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We are so happy to announce that We, Zarathustra the Cat, the first  Russian cat-politician , the candidate for Russian Presidency, found our brother the first American cat politician: Hank for Senate. Having in Our mind the support of our brother Hank, We kindly revisited American gothic:

Grant Wood, Zarathustra the cat supports Hank for Senate in American Gothic style

Grant Wood, Zarathustra the Cat proudly supports Hank for Senate in American Gothic style

Thanks to his very American look (he is Main coon, and it is a native American cats race) Hank got a great support amongst widest audience of his home state Virginia:  Continue reading →
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Thank Bacchus it’s Friday!

Posted on 23 Март 2012 by Заратустра
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It’s Friday. Cheers! Your personal Bacchus:hc9hgmzg50qznwf21ma4jxg7jbl6t3h0

Created in the last years of Rubens’ life, this painting amazes the viewer with its virtuosity of style and unusual interpretation of the image of the god of wine and merriment. Bacchus is depicted as a grossly obese Cat, surrounded by a satyr, a maenad and putti. The rich palette, in which all the colours blend into one golden stream, and the natural, sketchy technique, enabled the artist to create a genuine sense of debauchery, or bacchanalia. This is a paean to cat flesh. b9zic0xu0holitjo2jvqx70ntcgv5uf7According to Rubens’ nephew, Philip, this was not a commissioned work, and the artist kept it in his studio till the end of his life. The painting was inherited by his nephew after the death of the artist. Poor guy, being afraid of the well-known art criticists reaction, asked some deciple of Rubens to paint a man over the cat. The result is also well known.4m8337axtlc5mtdw0jjsshu6ogx2ea48

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It’s Friday. Cheers! Your personal Bacchus:

Peter Paul Rubens, Bacchus

Peter Paul Rubens, Bacchus

Created in the last years of Rubens’ life, this painting amazes the viewer with its virtuosity of style and unusual interpretation of the image of the god of wine and merriment. Bacchus is depicted as a grossly obese Cat, surrounded by a satyr, a maenad and putti. The rich palette, in which all the colours blend into one golden stream, and the natural, sketchy technique, enabled the artist to create a genuine sense of debauchery, or bacchanalia. This is a paean to cat flesh. According to Rubens’ nephew, Philip, this was not a commissioned work, and the artist kept it in his studio till the end of his life. The painting was inherited by his nephew after the death of the artist. Poor guy, being afraid of the well-known art criticists reaction, asked some deciple of Rubens to paint a man over the cat. The result is also well known.
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The Cat’s Kiss

Posted on 19 Март 2012 by Заратустра
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We were so kind to return not in 6 years, but at 6 o’clock at the morning in order to kiss a young female. Only initiated persons know how refreshing in the very early morning the cat kisses are:ohdlr6lcpyn3kgs5gi4nz9k138hbnhf2

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We were so kind to return not in 6 years, but at 6 o’clock at the morning in order to kiss a young female. Only initiated persons know how refreshing in the very early morning the cat kisses are:

Jean-Honore Fragonard, Stolen Kiss

Jean-Honore Fragonard, Stolen Kiss
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Unequal marriage1zk5eboh7tgqrvkwfr28joqfxa1tufemUnequal marriage

Posted on 16 Март 2012 by Заратустра
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In spite of our call to elect the Cat to Russian Presidency, the people were so blind to elect a human (even too human!). But as wise Lady Bee noticed, We returned many times in the painting of great masters during the history of mankind. Finally even Mr.Nietzsche noticed it and created his famous myth of eternal return, and gave to his main character our genuine name Zarathustra because he was Overhuman, that means that Nietsche’s Zarathustra was the cat also. xo5m6jtv5jilt9jzav1ld2tyfegxwxtkSo in 6 years, with the next elections We shall return and the Russian people will worship the Cat anyway:e4lwh0b6nkoijpv9251i62h5k0qykkxo

Василий Пукирев, Неравный брак

Vasily Pukirev, Unequal marriage.pguz87osyod3noqz057l1utpf486tj48

Unequal marriage means that the woman is sold to her husband, although she hates the man.  Like during the elections poor people are often voting for rich men who want to cut out their benefits. May be the cat is better?
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In spite of our call to elect the Cat to Russian Presidency, the people were so blind to elect a human (even too human!). But as wise Lady Bee noticed, We returned many times in the painting of great masters during the history of mankind. Finally even Mr.Nietzsche noticed it and created his famous myth of eternal return, and gave to his main character our genuine name Zarathustra because he was Overhuman, that means that Nietsche’s Zarathustra was the cat also. So in 6 years, with the next elections We shall return and the Russian people will worship the Cat anyway:

Василий Пукирев, Неравный брак

Vasily Pukirev, Unequal marriage.

Unequal marriage means that the woman is sold to her husband, although she hates the man.  Like during the elections poor people are often voting for rich men who want to cut out their benefits. May be the cat is better?
Thus speaks Zarathustra, the Cat
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In March I’m dancing

Posted on 8 Март 2012 by Заратустра
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Today is not Our holidays, but We kindly danse with our beloved assistants:bde4utk89c0pf4yh43qnglb7i7thw44x

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Today is not Our holidays, but We kindly danse with our beloved assistants:

Эдгар Дега Рыжая танцовщица. (Танцовщицы на сцене)

Edgar Degas. Danseuse basculant (Danseuse rouge)
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The Worship of the Golden Catepcg5lhgp1v0ws2eupqft1r26jel4ho9The Worship of the Golden Cat

Posted on 4 Март 2012 by Заратустра
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We hoped that today all the nations of Russia worshiped the Golden Cat:eennceoasa57s695f523i3xbz770yup3

How to worship the Golden Cat by whole nation: Continue reading →saj6yu5eruh0p1g7yn1w3j869gqjamds

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We hoped that today all the nations of Russia worshiped the Golden Cat:

Филиппино Липпи, Поклонение Золотому Коту

Filippino Lippi. The Worship of the Golden Cat

How to worship the Golden Cat by whole nation: Continue reading →
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Idyllexzm6z1d3mhokisu2njjgu9j74haw645tIdylle

Posted on 3 Март 2012 by Заратустра
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Serious men know for whom to vote. If you vote for the Kitteh, you will live in Idylle.72qsa0kl7mxs23yp4g0nrguw6wgpk35h

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Serious men know for whom to vote. If you vote for the Kitteh, you will live in Idylle.

Густав Климт, Идиллия

Gustav Klimt. Idylle
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Spring is coming and coming!kawaolli7j7j52l31oivmip9ki0o0hybSpring is coming and coming!

Posted on 2 Март 2012 by Заратустра
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Spring. Peasants in Russian villages began to prepare their big ginger cats for ploughing their immense fields.4sos100axbtna2ddndxhdc9ifacexh4s

Алексей Венецианов. В поле. Весна

Aleksey Venetsianov, In the ploughed field. Spring. Cats at workk7ljuzi2wchjhgo4wldv5be5jv3d2lnd

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Spring. Peasants in Russian villages began to prepare their big ginger cats for ploughing their immense fields.

Алексей Венецианов. В поле. Весна

Aleksey Venetsianov, In the ploughed field. Spring. Cats at work
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