Sphynx Kitty
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It is difficult to find such a beloved and equally hated cat breed as the Sphynxes. The history of the breed is rooted in ancient times. According to legend, cats sacrificed their coat to prevent the gods from freezing. Sphynx cats have an unusual appearance and friendly character. In this collection, we have collected for you 14 amazing facts about the Sphynxes:
From hairless Sphynxes to the big-eared Devon Rex breed, cats of all shapes and sizes gathered to be judged at Romania's International Cat Show, an annual feline beauty contest.
I'm a Sphynx fan! There are three sphynxes in my family and I love them madly. It's a magical breed of cat. They do not look like cats as much as possible, these are dogs, jumping monkeys, and friends.
What is a photogenic cat? One that has a lush coat? Majestic whiskers? Whatever your answer is, you probably weren't thinking of Sphynxes when you read my question. But don't feel bad for them. Owners of these proud felines probably wouldn't fight you on this one.
What is a photogenic cat? One that has a lush coat? Majestic whiskers? Whatever your answer is, you probably weren't thinking of Sphynxes when you read my question. But don't feel bad for them. Owners of these proud felines probably wouldn't fight you on this one.
What is a photogenic cat? One that has a lush coat? Majestic whiskers? Whatever your answer is, you probably weren't thinking of Sphynxes when you read my question. But don't feel bad for them. Owners of these proud felines probably wouldn't fight you on this one.
What is a photogenic cat? One that has a lush coat? Majestic whiskers? Whatever your answer is, you probably weren't thinking of Sphynxes when you read my question. But don't feel bad for them. Owners of these proud felines probably wouldn't fight you on this one.
If you think that all cats look the same, we have news for you. Cat breeds and their looks can vary from short-legged to extra long-legged, floppy-eared to ears like satellite dishes, from cats with luscious thick furs such as Maine Coons' to absolutely hairless Sphynxes. This time, we're dedicating a post to the latter and if the only emotion that a hairless cat can give you is 'Ewwww' - check our compilation showing their adorable cuteness, whimsiness, and softness to change your mind.
If you think that all cats look the same, we have news for you. Cat breeds and their looks can vary from short-legged to extra long-legged, floppy-eared to ears like satellite dishes, from cats with luscious thick furs such as Maine Coons' to absolutely hairless Sphynxes. This time, we're dedicating a post to the latter and if the only emotion that a hairless cat can give you is 'Ewwww' - check our compilation showing their adorable cuteness, whimsiness, and softness to change your mind.
If you think that all cats look the same, we have news for you. Cat breeds and their looks can vary from short-legged to extra long-legged, floppy-eared to ears like satellite dishes, from cats with luscious thick furs such as Maine Coons' to absolutely hairless Sphynxes. This time, we're dedicating a post to the latter and if the only emotion that a hairless cat can give you is 'Ewwww' - check our compilation showing their adorable cuteness, whimsiness, and softness to change your mind.
If you think that all cats look the same, we have news for you. Cat breeds and their looks can vary from short-legged to extra long-legged, floppy-eared to ears like satellite dishes, from cats with luscious thick furs such as Maine Coons' to absolutely hairless Sphynxes. This time, we're dedicating a post to the latter and if the only emotion that a hairless cat can give you is 'Ewwww' - check our compilation showing their adorable cuteness, whimsiness, and softness to change your mind.
The Chariot A drastic rework of the chariot card. The original version, which can be seen below, contained a much smaller chariot with side-view sphinxes on a victory arch. I never was quite happy with this depiction, so changed it a few times, before re-doing it in its entirety. I've re-drawn some cards, but never changed the entire concept of them, which I did here. What I changed: I ditched the idea of the triumph arch and went back to the larger, card-encompassing depiction of the chariot-rider, like in the Rider-waite set. Then I changed the rider to Amun-Ra, the Egyptian god of the sun who rides across the sky. This seemed appropriate as the card already contains Sphynxes, and I have already depicted other mythology figures in the set (the fates of greek mythology, adam and eve, Odin hung from the tree...). I gave Amun-Ra a bow and arrow, as this was the main use of Chariots in ancient Egypt, and gave him the cow-and sun disk of the priestess card (which in turn was inspired by the disks on Egytpian gods heads). I decided to drop the black-and white motif of the sphynxes that the Rider-Waite set has, as I tried it and it didn't work visually. Cheers! Update 5/11/2023: Updated the card to the black white and gold model of the rest. Made no changes except for adding 2 arrows. Aside from that, just played around a little with where gold would fit best. Edit 22/11/2023: Changed the sphinxes back to an earlier design that feels like a better fit to me.
Max Beckmann, Leipzig 1884 - New York 1950 Abtransport der Sphinxe - The Removal of the Sphinxes (1945) Kunsthalle Karlsruhe "Nun naht langsam das Ende. Engländer bei Wesel über den Rhein […] Morgens erstmalig an den „Sphynxen“. (The end is close now. The English are at Wesel on the Rhine […] Were on the "Sphynxes" for the first time in the morning.) Max Beckmann in a diary entry dated 25 March, 1945 Max Beckmann' s inspiration for this painting came from two individual sphinxes on the gate pillars at the Plantageparklaan entrance of the Wertheim Park in Amsterdam, although this inspiration was not relevant to the meaning of the painting. More importantly, he created the painting in the last few months of the Second World War. He worked on the painting until 2 October. The scene shows a beach, with the deep blue sea in the background under a clear sky. A figure with a helmet and sword in the foreground indicates the warlike character of the scene, which principally affects two living sphinxes on a "triumphal arch" and another one on a cart behind bars, two of them free, one imprisoned and with an accordingly grievous expression. Their blonde hair and bloody paws make the viewer suspect that they represent Germany, while the "triumphal arch", its lettering ([P]ARK TUIN), the sphinxes sitting proudly on it, reminiscent of those in the Wertheim Park, and the flag behind them indicate the Netherlands, but defeat on one side and victory on the other is definite. Helmuth Lütjens, who later bought the painting, said the following about it: "It is Beckmann's image of peace". The painter did not depict a real situation, but turned the end of the War into an allegorical scene in which he used the dangerous sphinx as a familiar mythological figure - based on the purely decorative sphinxes in the park in Amsterdam. However, again here, he unexpectedly converted the everyday into something important. Source: kuenste-im-exil.de/KIE/Content/EN/SpecialExhibitions/MaxB...
