The Cat in Mannerist Paintings Paintings in the Mannerist style, an artistic movement which blossomed from the Renaissance, focused less on naturalistic portrayals. Hans Baldung, a student of Albrecht Dürer, usually known for his renditions of profane witches, in a later allegorical Mannerist work entitled, Music (1484), a harmless white cat sits next to […]
HISTORY OF THE CAT IN THE MIDDLE AGES (PART 11)
April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The History of the Cat in Medieval Paintings: From literature the cat sprang onto Medieval European canvases depicted as a force of evil and chaos, a mouse catcher, or simply as a disinterested spectator. In the 1475 painting Pilate Washes his Hands, a white cat lies to the side of Pilate perhaps an indication of […]
