Russian
Artist Finds an
Unexpected Muse in
Fat, Orange Cat
Behold Zarathustra, his purr-fect catness, lounging his way into history's greatest masterpieces.
The tubby tabby is house pet and
Muse to
Russian Artist Svetlana Petrova, creator of
Fat Cat Art. According to an
BBC news interview, Petrova was given the cat after her mother passed away in 2008. Out of a period of grief, an Internet star was born.
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"By chance a friend asked me 'why don't you make an art project with your cat because he's so funny'," Petrova told the
BBC.
By Petrova's use of digital imaging, Zarathustra has traveled across dozens of artistic time periods and countries, from the Italian Renaissance masters like Botticelli to modern artists like Edward Hopper. If we ever wanted to k**w what made the Mona Lisa smile, it's because she had a cute
kitty in her lap.
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