How Religion Influenced Medieval Artists to Refuse to Paint Cats in Their True Adorable Likenesses
In a lissome report for Cheddar, host Ali Larkin digs into why artists of the Medieval era refused to paint cats in true likeness. While it could be said that a poorly toilet trained cat might have turned a painter against the feline species as a whole, the real reason behind these deliberately bad representations is due to the religious beliefs of the time.
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