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Catnip : Artful Felines from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Chronicle Books Staff (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherChronicle Books

ISBN-100811851184

ISBN-139780811851183

eBay Product ID (ePID)45323136

Product Key Features

Book TitleCatnip : Artful Felines from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Number of Pages80 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicCats / General, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, General, Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals

IllustratorYes

GenrePets, Art, Travel

AuthorChronicle Books Staff

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight8.2 Oz

Item Length6.2 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-003743

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromEighth Grade

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal700/.4629752

SynopsisFrom The Metropolitan Museum of Art's vast holdings comes this charming collection of fine art felines. Cats of all types provide the artistic mews for the gallery of images presented here, all perfectly paired with quips about cats from some of our most famous writers, thinkers, and humorists, among them Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, and Gertrude Stein. The face of a cat superimposed on an artists self-portrait is accompanied by Mark Twain's dry wit: "If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat." Cats have been captivating artists and thinkers for centuries, and nowhere is it more apparent than in this heartwarming homage--from an ancient Egyptian statue of a cat, to a medieval illumination of a tiny cat sharpening its claws on the manuscript, to a Japanese painting of a cat patiently stalking a spider. This gift of a book, filled with the most exquisite portraits of cats doing what they do best, is guaranteed to enchant.

LC Classification NumberN7668.C3C368 2005