I gatti nell’arte

Delicious feline reinterpretations of famous paintings in pop-up form

You may know the whole history of art perfectly, and you may even be familiar with those adorable cats who like to stand in for the protagonists of the most famous paintings-but you certainly have never seen them in pop-up versions.

This delightful volume celebrates the extraordinary talent of Susan Herbert, whose works have now been part of the collective imagination since 1990. From The Arnolfini Spouses to The Birth of Venus, from Las Meninas to Millais’Ophelia, the book encompasses some of the most iconic works of art, entirely reimagined in a feline key.

Accompanied by small ironic texts and enhanced by the three-dimensional effect, the beautiful illustrations reveal not only subtle humor, but a rare ability to capture those feline attitudes so instantly recognizable to all cat lovers.

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Susan Herbert – A graduate of the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at the University of Oxford, and the author and illustrator of several extraordinarily successful volumes, all populated by irresistible kittens in the guise of famous characters from art history.