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Cats Improve Art: Renaissance Masterpieces Get The LOLcat Treatment

The Huffington Post UK  |  By Posted: 27/03/2012 15:37 Updated: 24/04/2012 12:49

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Oh, cats. Where would the internet be without you?

Not since ancient Egypt have our feline friends been so widely worshipped as today – and this latest photo series proves the point.

What could possibly improve upon the great works of renaissance art? What addition could possibly make the Mona Lisa any more beguiling? Or elevate an Botticelli to even greater heights?

The 2012 internet mind goes: "one thing could, surely. A lovely LOLcat."

Svetlana Petrova, a Russian artist has taken iconic works of art from the classical period through Modernism and beyond, and added one simple detail: a big, fat, ginger cat.

Artistic blasphemony, or just a-meowsing? Only you – and the rest of the internet – can decide...

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11:04 PM on 04/24/2012
More! More!
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12:32 PM on 03/29/2012
They're all amusing and some are very clever.
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02:37 PM on 03/28/2012
LOL
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01:56 PM on 03/28/2012
love it...
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01:52 PM on 03/28/2012
there's something not quite right ---- oh yea, it should be a dog!
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02:05 PM on 03/28/2012
Absolutely!
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07:29 PM on 03/28/2012
Oh, no, Mona Lisa and the orange marmalade kitty with the belly hanging out is purrrfect!

:-) like the doggies too but maybe better w/ a Rembrandt?
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carlgt1
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01:44 PM on 03/28/2012
that's funny, a lot of good hard work. explains Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile too! :-)
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Liban CZ
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01:44 PM on 03/28/2012
Mew, mew, mew, Huff.
Love the one with horses.
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01:40 PM on 03/28/2012
Loved the one licking himself in the field and the one dancing on the clamshell the best, but all of them were terrific.

Great job!
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SukiTheCat
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01:21 PM on 03/28/2012
definitely an improvement...love big fat kitties!
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01:12 PM on 03/28/2012
Okay, The Mona Lisa one got a LOL outta me :-)
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01:22 PM on 03/28/2012
It got one from me too.
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04:28 PM on 03/28/2012
LOL Imagine seeing THAT version at Louvre? The French would surely have a heart attack!
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01:08 PM on 03/28/2012
I Lol'd
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01:05 PM on 03/28/2012
That is my CAT there, bigger then life.
Love it, great post, Huff - thanks.
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12:47 PM on 03/28/2012
That is one fat cat.
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12:45 PM on 03/28/2012
He is a big ole fat kitty. I want to rub his tummy. Too cute.
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