Fancy Feline and Canine Feast: Painted Pawsts of Four-Legged Floofs Who’re Responsible for This Renaissance Resurgence

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Feb 27, 2025 3:00 PM EST

The history of man-kind and its canine and feline companions is a long and storied one. And today, we have a few pieces of that history lined up and ready to transport you to a time before the internet, before photographs and before cats and dogs officially became our children and no longer had to earn their keep to be kept around.

So if you wish to be transported back to a simpler time, when doggos chased rabbits in the fields and cats turned independent women into witches. Then sit back, relax, grab yourself a goblet of mead and let the good old times roll.

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    Me: looking at the fancy art supplies I got 5 years ago that are WAY too special to use.
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    "Did you adopt your cat?" No, this is my biological cat. untamed
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    Who Who let the Who dogs out? Who Who
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    Psychologist: All dreams have a meaning My dreams:
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    MY LIFE IS A FAIRY TALE BUT THE AUTHOR IS GERMAN
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    People in the Bible struggled with the same challenges we face today. Here we see Samson trying to give his cat a pill...
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  • 'Tis important to note that art work, much like movies, are an exaggeration of real life. So in reality, this was actually just a guy trying to get his cat to swallow a pill for its health. But some painter, who saw it all go down, decided to turn it into an epic battle.

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    -And I want armor for the cat. -But lady, that... -Do I speak Chinese or what? I said armor for the cat.
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    When you're getting your pizza and you don't want the cat to escape out the door
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    When the economy is so bad that you can only afford half a dog
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    We descended from wolves... And our From monkeys owner? How embarassing
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    Cats in Middle Ages: - hard working - went to church - walked on hind legs - contributed to society Cats now: - lazy and ungrateful - atheists - too lazy to walk on hind legs
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  • It is not entirely clear why the felines and canines of today decided that it would pertinent to show us their ancestors of old. But perhaps it is a part of their ploy to mock us. For us hoomans used to look very lavish and relaxed in these types of paintings, while as this example shows, cats and dogs were hardworking creatures. And with time the joke has turned on us as cats and dogs now do not lift a finger for nothing and no one and we work harder than ever.

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    Client: So can you paint cats? Artist: Cats are my passion. D
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    Me if I was Alice We are all mad here at me?
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    Artist: So how would you like to be painted, young lady? Girl: With my favourite fish A: Are you sure? It might di-- G: WITH MY FISH A: ... Ok G: ... And also this ... cat
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    Me talking about you to my cat @apollo.redcat
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