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The kitty harvest is bountiful this year

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by Albina Khusainova

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pizza in a fresco uncovered in Pompeii

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Peter Bruegel the Elder, Suicide of Saul, 1562, detail

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Suicide of Saul, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562, details

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reclining buddha

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Title: The Suicide of Saul

Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Date: 1562

Style: Northern Renaissance

Genre: Religious Painting

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Then an old wife, Ioreth, the eldest of the women who served in that house, looking on the fair face of Faramir, wept, for all the people loved him. And she said: ‘Alas! if he should die. Would that there were kings in Gondor, as there were once upon a time, they say! For it is said in old lore: The hands of the king are the hands of a healer. And so the rightful king could ever be known.’

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Suicide of Saul, 1562, oil on canvas.

(wga.hu)

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Nu pompier, Jeanloup Sieff, 1956.

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Animals Worshipping a Frog Buddha, detail from a 20th century replica of the Choju-giga scrolls. Ink on paper, (original from the 12th–13th century in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum).

"Images of creatures dressed up as or impersonating Buddhist priests, monks, and even the Buddha date back many centuries in Japan. One of the most notable early examples is a set of four scroll paintings known as Choju-jinbutsu-giga (Frolicking Humans and Animals) or Choju-giga (Frolicking Animals) for short. Created by Japanese artist-monks in the 12th and 13th centuries, these paintings depict frogs, rabbits, monkeys, and other animals engaging in human activities, including bathing in a lake, wrestling, taking part in a Buddhist funeral, and praying to a large frog Buddha. In the above segment, a monkey plays the role of a Buddhist priest conducting a ceremony before the frog Buddha. Behind him a rabbit and a fox read and chant sacred texts, while a group of monkey and fox mourners sit in attendance. With their anthropomorphic portrayal of animals, these scrolls have been considered by some scholars to be works of satire, mocking Buddhist priests at a time when they held considerable power over the population. However, the scrolls may have been painted by Buddhist monks, including the artist-monk Toba Sojo (1053–1140), and were kept as treasures of the Kyoto temple Kozan-ji for centuries (before being housed at the Tokyo National Museum), suggesting that the temple may not have viewed them as critical of the Buddhist teachings." buddhistdoor.net

Tomioka Tessai (1836–1924) Scene Inspired by the Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans