@artskee: Why did Chinese and medieval European artists portray cats so differently? They're both supposed to be the same animal… but look at the difference. Chinese and medieval European artists worked within completely different artistic traditions, visual references, and cultural contexts. So when you compare these paintings, you're not just looking at cats. You're looking at how two cultures imagined the same animal. Which side looks more like a real cat to you? #ArtHistory #ChineseArt #MedievalArt #Cats #ArtTok

veyvalina :

The real reason was in the church. It was forbidden to create anything realistic, because it was considered a sin 🥲

Val :

I’m about to start telling people I draw in the medieval European style

Your BESTY _° ^ ° :

What were they thinking 💭🤨🤨🤨🤨

⃟ :

how the medieval saw the cat:

Wizard_Mushy :

at least they didn't use ai

Aqid Mikhail :

Pisses In The Boots 😭

Daggersheim :

how dare you forget my favourite 😭

Utsav Malla :

now people can't say "Europe didn't had cats"😂

ZUDDIN :

You forgot Sir Whiskers of The Yarn Balls

Wiro Sableng :

They deliberately painted that way to make evil spirits to not reside in the painting itself.

°....🦕....° :

were they high while they were painting those? 😂

￶ :

how Egypt portrayed cats

Granite Placeholder :

it has the eyes and nose of a human

æll⁸ah୨୧₊˚⊹🎀⊹˚₊୨୧ :

well

Boi hīm :

Hmm where is the comment saying the artist couldn’t draw specific animal because they’ve never seen it with their own eyes 👀

SNƗⱣɆɌ_ŦƗǤɆɌ :

novicevic187 :

Last one got me off guard😂

JinroMelon :

My fav

꧁𝓡𝓪𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓱𝓶𝓪꧂❁᭄༘͜͡࿐ :

Raal'tori_[🇸🇧] :

Where are the people saying Europe couldn't because they've never seen a cat👀

chance :

king Henry's cat 😭

Charli Mayfield :

*Meep*

corda_le_corgi :

cats where uncommon and where witchcraft in the medival times

MyNamesDevo :

why did Europeans people human faces on animals?

Nigel :

They valued spiritual meaning over skill btw