Curious Cats in Art and Poetry.Curious Cats in Art and Poetry. William Lach (Ed). New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Metropolitan Museum of Art (212-879-5500), 1999. Library Binding, 48 pp., $16.00. In these pairings of pictures of felines from as varied sources as ancient Egyptian wall paintings, Japanese handscrolls, and Chinese embroidery, we have more examples to add to Dale's collection (see previous review). This is a larger book with single full page reproductions facing each poem. And the poems by Blake, Hughes, Ruskin, Swift, and others are, of course, well worth reading as well. Some, like Lear's "Owl and the Pussycat puss·y·cat n. 1. A cat. 2. Informal One who is regarded as easygoing, mild-mannered, or amiable. Noun 1. ," are intimately related, but most are juxtaposed jux·ta·pose tr.v. jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·es To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. by the book's compiler. Many of the pictures are excerpts from larger works like the Lazy Puss from a Chinese scroll. But all manage to portray some special cattish Cat´tish a. 1. Catlike; feline Adj. 1. cattish - marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark" bitchy, catty character. The front and back endpapers which tell textless tales of a curious black kitty are worth the price of the book alone. For all ages. |
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