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Title: Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics
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Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
List Price: $17.95
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| Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics by Ten Speed Press Only losers paint cats |
| Buy this book and share with all your friends- the cat painted as a showgirl got a great laugh here at work. |
| Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics by Ten Speed Press fascinating but a little disturbing |
I don't know what I was expecting in this book. I had seen a couple of the pictures out of context and was intrigued by the paint jobs on these cats. My first disappointment in the book came when I opened the package and discovered just how tiny this book was. I had not paid attention to the size listed on Amazon and was very upset that the book was so tiny and the pictures so small. As I flipped through the book, the stories behind each paint job were entertaining. A good number of the paint jobs began to disturb me in their weirdness. Some of the cats were admittedly beautiful enhanced with "naturalistic" paint jobs, but others were quite humiliating and I cannot fathom why someone would want their cats painted in a humiliating way. I have not opened the book since zipping through it the first one or two times and would hesitate at recommending it to a true cat lover.
About a week after posting the above review, I found out that the cat paintings in this book were likely computer generated (check out snopes). If that is true then even the stories behind the paint jobs are a farce. Yet another reason not to bother buying this book. |
| Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics by Ten Speed Press WHY |
| (As a cat lover) I wish my cat could look at this book. I am sure he would be entertained!! The enhancement of a beautiful animal is much appreciated. I love it when children look at this book. Their comments are wonderful. |
| Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics by Ten Speed Press A great book to bring to a Party |
I bought this work on the way to a party a few years ago.. It became an instant hit. People who were shy and didnt know anyone, bored children, happy party people, everyone took a few minutes to pore through this book, talk about it to their neighbors.. and debate which cats they liked best, and what they they thought of the idea of cat painting.
A splendid, funny, thought provoking book, that will forever cahnge the way you look at cats. |
| Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics by Ten Speed Press Also too small! |
I did not notice these were miniature books only 4" by 4", you can't see any of the paintings they are too small.
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| Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics by Ten Speed Press Book Description |
| Why Paint Cats The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics by Burton Silver and Heather Busch Why did a woman in California pay an artist $5,000 to paint her cat to look like a pig? What made a New York stockbroker spend even more than that to have the image of Charlie Chaplin painted on his cat’s posterior? WHY PAINT CATS reveals that, far from being an amusement for the idle rich, this seemingly aberrant behavior is part of a new art movement that claims to promote a better understanding of the cats in our lives. Following the international success of their previous collaboration of feline aesthetics, WHY CATS PAINT, Burton Silver and Heather Busch turn their scholarly attention to the cat as canvas. The authors detail all the latest trends in the movement, including the highly controversial Retromingent Expressionism, drawing conclusions that will provoke and amuse, startle and enlighten. Exhaustively researched and lavishly illustrated, this insightful and engaging book raises important ethical questions and explores the rights of pet owners to reinvent their cats in the name of art. |
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