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> changed how we think about cats Maybe I missed it, but it doesn't say how we used to think about cats, nor does it say how we think about them now. Rather di
by executesorder66 5y ago
> changed how we think about cats
Maybe I missed it, but it doesn't say how we used to think about cats, nor does it say how we think about them now. Rather disappointing.
- Renaud 5y agoCats were more utilitarian, mostly used to keep vermin away, and their status or popularity as pets was lesser than that of dogs. There are some passages in the movie suggesting that Societies of cat lovers were almost underground organisations at the time. Louis Wain changed that perception with his extremely popular (and long lived) art.
- cafard 5y agoThe guy who invented "kitty litter" probably had much more to do with the increase in feline popularity.
- Retric 5y agoI somehow doubt that it really changed that much. People have been quite affectionate with cats for a long time. Though we still have a very wide range of relationships with cats from affectionate to basically wild animals people feed. Ex: Francesco Bachiacca | Portrait of a young lady holding a cat, 1525-30 https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vWmi8VYS1SU/XhH0FDVI0hI/AAAAAAAGkHU/r0Bl6T2BDwoUjLwZGUhTEMwnAgOZaSUAwCKgBGAsYHg/s1600/Bachiacca-Portrait-of-a-young-lady-holding-a-cat-Christies.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vWmi8VYS1SU/XhH0FDVI0hI/AAAAAAAGk...