Cats Galore: A Compendium of Cultured Cats by Susan Herbert (2015-09-08) Hardcover – 1752

Do you love cats? Do you love art, plays, or movies? Do love annoying your husband with obnoxious cat items? Do you want something that will start conversations about cats, so that you can then excessively talk about your marvelous cat. Then, this book is for you. :)I really enjoy this book. I like art, but not enough to know the details about it. I learn a little about art but all the pictures have cats so it's silly and interesting enough for me to keep looking.

I've been a fan of Herbert for some time. Her creative use of cats in famous paintings is both educational and entertaining. This is a real treat for shose who love art and cats. I also highly recommend Fat Cat Art by Svetlana Petrova who photoshops her cat into paintings instead of Herbert's technique of substituting cats for people. My only complaint is with shipping on this item: it came in a box with other books and without adequate padding. As a result the dust jacket was torn on arrival. I'm not going to knock down the rating on a great book for shipping problems but I did want to mention it. (That's a pet peeve of mine: people who love a book but who give it a bad rating for another problem unconnected with content. Some don't read all the reivews to see that the reason book X only got three stars is because the Kindle version was formatted oddly or whatever.)

I showed this to all of my "Art" friends, and they loved it too. I can't believe how Susan was able to get the facial expressions "just right." Take a look at the cover for example. If this isn't The Girl With the Earring" I'll eat my hat.Any time you have the chance to enjoy artwork by Susan Herbert, Go For It!

I purchased this book as a gift for a cat-loving artist friend. The works depicted are fantastic. The cats selected are great. A perfect gift for a an artistic cat lover.

I saw this book in the bookstore at the Mauritshuis Museum in the Hague which houses the Girl with the Pearl Earring painting. The cat with the pearl earring on the cover immediately caught my eye, and I had to laugh. I didn't want to carry the book back with me and suspected I could get it on Amazon, which I did upon my return. I'm giving it to my future daughter-in-law for Christmas who is a cat and art lover....

As a person who loves both art and cats, I have to say that this was a fantastic purchase. The subject of this book is works of art that contains anthropomorphized cats instead of the original humans. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous and feature the original names of the art and artists.

I love the book. Better than expected. Beautiful color prints and over 300 pages. Some very clever depictions. (Not the same cats over and over). The personalities of the people replaced by their cat persona are captured.

Purchased as a Christmas present for a cat lover. She was ecstatic. The book is nice and heavy with bright glossy pictures, obviously very well made and makes a great coffee table book.