Cats in Art

Periodically, we ask our interns to create a virtual collection by collecting digital images of some aspect of the library collection to be decided by them. For example, they could  choose to collect images of bookplates in the collection, of details on binding, books with funny titles, or books on a particular subject – the possibilities are endless.



This week’s collection was created by our Fall Intern, Sarah Fowler who is a student at Old Dominion University. Sarah described her collection “Cats in Art” as follows:

"I chose to do my library project on cats in art. I chose cats in art because I wanted to see how much information the Jean Outland Chrysler Library had on the topic. I was pleasantly surprised to find a wide range of books. Some books I found deal with the different representations of cats in art. Other books were children’s books such as The Cat in The Hat. Two of my favorite books were The Cats Gallery of Art by Susan Herbert and Ernie by Tony Mendoza. The Cats Gallery of Art is quite an interesting book. The author has taken great works of art and recreated them using cats instead of humans. Ernie is a collection of photography of the author’s cat, Ernie. The author explains the relationship that he and Ernie share through short narratives from both of their points of view. This project taught me that there is an endless amount of information in a library’s collection and all you have to do is search for it."

 - Sarah Fowler, Library Intern Fall 2009
 
If you'd like to see all of the books in Sarah's collection stop by the Library, or you can browse their covers here.