One of the main mysteries of world art has been solved! The secret of Mona Lisa's half-smile, which for centuries excited the best minds of mankind, turned out to be easy prey for the cat Zarathustra and his mistress, the Russian artist Svetlana Petrova.
Mona Lisa with a cat and other surprises
It's simple: the famous Mona Lisa smiles so mysteriously, because she is holding a charming red cat in her arms.
Have you been to the Louvre and seen with your own eyes Gioconda without Zarathustra? The hostess is sure: if Leonardo da Vinci had lived in our days, Mona Lisa would have appeared with a cat, as in this photo. Well, the artist could not resist the charm of her pet! As well as dozens of other outstanding painters.
The mistake of the universe and decided to correct Svetlana Petrova. Fortunately, her pet loves to take picture poses. She caught the right moments on the camera, then added simple computer manipulations. And so a charming red cat appeared in the paintings of famous artists, and the paintings were chosen exclusively by the legendary ones.
Here he is on the painting by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.
Now in the role of a centaur in the masterpiece of Sandro Botticelli.
The cat does not disdain the role of a card player with Paul Cezanne.
And even haystacks on the canvas of Claude Monet.
But the pet looks especially harmonious in the role of the beautiful goddess Venus, the hostess is sure!
It doesn't matter that it's full. The main thing is the languor of the pose. This cannot be taken away from Zarathustra - especially after a delicious dinner.
This is a mustachioed "goddess" on Diego Velazquez's canvas "Venus in front of a mirror".
And this is again Botticelli - "The Birth of Venus".
And here is Titian's Venus and the Organist.
Zarathustra, apparently, turned his head to the last one so much that the artist got confused ... He has a cat and Venus herself - and her lover. Like in the painting "Venus of Urbino".
Lost his head from the cat and Claude Monet.
On the famous "Water Lilies" Zarathustra is depicted three times. And on the bridge, and on the shore, and in the water.
Three cats are also on the canvas "Time" by Salvador Dali.
Even the main muse of the surrealist Gala was not awarded such an honor!
But Ivan Shishkin turned out to be the most passionate fan of the purr.
Here is his famous "Morning in a Pine Forest", where there are 4 Zarathustras at once!
And it does not matter that the artists lived in different eras and in different countries. Such beauty, like that of her Zarathustra, is beyond time and space - Svetlana believes! You can’t refuse picturesque cats, and red ones in particular!
Tatyana Larionova
The fat red cat is the new star of the Russian Internet. Artist Svetlana Petrova from St. Petersburg inserts images of her cat Zarathustra into paintings by Rembrandt, Velazquez and Titian. So, for example, in a new interpretation of Rembrandt's famous painting "Danae" of 1636, Zarathustra lies on the bed instead of the girl.
Svetlana is known in her hometown as the founder of the festival of street art and the festival of animation art "Multivision". For several months, she has been publishing remixes of famous paintings on her blog, into which images of Zarathustra are inserted using Photoshop. “My art friends called me crazy,” she says of her first reaction.
Zarathustra lived with his mother Svetlana for many years. When she died, Svetlana took the animal to her. A friend suggested using a cat for art. Then the artist, using Photoshop, tried to insert images of Zarathustra into classical paintings. The result was so funny that she decided to continue. When Svetlana emailed the remixes to her artist friends and gallery owners, they loved it. “It inspired me. I love to make people laugh,” says Svetlana.
Adapted from spiegel.de
Red cat in the paintings of famous artists
The fat red cat is the new star of the Russian Internet. Artist Svetlana Petrova from St. Petersburg inserts images of her cat Zarathustra into paintings by Rembrandt, Velazquez and Titian. So, for example, in a new interpretation of Rembrandt's famous painting "Danae" of 1636, Zarathustra lies on the bed instead of the girl.
Svetlana is known in her hometown as the founder of the festival of street art and the festival of animation art "Multivision". For several months, she has been publishing remixes of famous paintings on her blog, into which images of Zarathustra are inserted using Photoshop. “My art friends called me crazy,” she says of her first reaction.
Zarathustra lived with his mother Svetlana for many years. When she died, Svetlana took the animal to her. A friend suggested using a cat for art. Then the artist, using Photoshop, tried to insert images of Zarathustra into classical paintings. The result was so funny that she decided to continue. When Svetlana emailed the remixes to her artist friends and gallery owners, they loved it. “It inspired me. I love to make people laugh,” says Svetlana.
Leanardo Lady with a cat
Rembrand Danae Zarathustra
How to make the legendary paintings of famous artists even better? Just add a cat. The creator of the art project FatCatArt, Svetlana Petrova, decided to change the usual ideas about the paintings of great artists, replacing dull talk about classical art with a fresh look at the work of great authors.
The main character of these works is Zarathustra the Cat. It is he who becomes the living embodiment of the idea that cats are a guide to the world of art. Looking at pictures with Zarathustra, a person recognizes the name of the original, learns new concepts and even begins to read the biography of the author. Thus, he plunges deeper into the environment of classical painting, learns its foundations and composition. Zarathustra the Cat himself received the term Ready Mem.
The project aroused wide interest among the Western public. Dissertations are written on it, and works are hung in world-famous museums. In addition, an exposition with the works of Svetlana Petrova was opened in St. Petersburg in July as part of the Graffest art forum. The author plans to restore 853 paintings and exhibit at the Rijksmuseum.
