"Most of all, Dada meant anarchy -- something most cats can relate to."

This is an absolutely charming tour through 21 different art movements, beginning with ancient Egyptian and moving forward in time up to the Young British Artists. Each movement is illustrated with a cat showing typical features of the artists and works associated with that style, a page explaining the movement's background and key points, and then a breakdown of the elements in the cat portrait. It's geared towards younger audiences, but is just delightfully enjoyable, and I learned a lot even having worked in art schools for years myself. Some of the text is peppered with little jokes tying in the cat concept. It's well done, light but still very informative.

This is a fun and beautiful book of art periods and styles. I enjoyed this and my son was engaged with the book as well. The colorful pictures and adorable cats capture your attention. It’s purrfect for art and cat lovers alike!

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A charming little book that is a good introduction to art, particularly modern art. For each period or style, Gould has drawn a charming cat that has plenty of elements characteristic of that art. After a short introduction to the subject, she highlights particular aspects of the work and explains how they reflect the period or the artists of that school.

Readers familiar with art history will delight in recognizing artists and movements. Those who are new to the history of art will get a playful introduction that will encourage them to look further.

I just wish she hadn't spent more than half the book on modern art and had spent more time of the period say from Ancient Egypt to the Renaissance which gets a total of one work.

This was absolutely perfect for me. I love art and hey, I love me some cats, and you combine them together so that I can learn ABOUT art ?!?! Literally felt like this was made for me. A+

As previously stated I've always loved art, I love looking at it, it makes me feel something and I love that feeling. That being said, I don't know much about it. I can't look at a picture and tell you when it was from or what style it's in. I can't tell you the symbolism or the points made. This book helped with that. It shows you in a colorful, fun way things that I feel like probably a lot of people don't know.

Every aspect of it was perfect. Loved ! Highly recommend.

‘Twas the cat’s pajamas when NetGalley approved my request for this meow-ve-lous offering for feline and art lovers. Happily nosed through the colorful pages illustrating art hiss-tory eras, with glorious kitties arrayed in styles akin to Purr-meer, Jackson Paw-llock, Frieda Kat-lo, and many others. Five Tails Up!

Pub Date 13 Aug 2019.

Thanks to the author, Andrews McMeel Publishing, and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.

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As a cat lover who greatly enjoys art but doesn't know a lot of the history behind classic painting styles, this book was a great find! It presents all of the greatest art movements in history by way of cat versions of paintings such as the Mona Lisa. From there, the symbolism of each item and art technique within the paintings are broken down in plain language, making this topic accessible to a large range of people.

Art scholars and those who've studied art history won't find anything new here - although they may enjoy the book simply for the cat paintings - but this is a very worthwhile springboard for people like myself. It would also be good for students, although it's definitely not written in a simplistic enough style for young children to fully grasp.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC. This review contains my honest, unbiased opinion.

This is a fun, light intro to major artistic movements - a great gift book for cat lovers and artists, and a helpful introductory teaching tool probably for 6th grade and below as each section analyzes and explains several key aspects of the style/cat in question - themes, style, symbols, etc. Nothing groundbreaking here, but the stylized cats are certainly fun, and a bit silly, to look at.