*ROSTA – Rossijskoje Telegrafnoje Agentstvo – Telegraphic Agency of Russia
In the Russian language the abbreviation ROSTA sounds like the Russian word "growth"
The great artist Kazimir Malevich had a cat names Square. It was huge, fat and grey. But Malevich was fond of looking for a black cat in a dark room that is why he used to paint his cat black (the artist simply didn’t have other colours). The cat ...
Nobody knows why cats are so wild about grass. Even the great science-fiction writer Clifford Simak who wrote "All Flesh Is Grass" doesn’t know that. But notice: it is not by chance that cats like to chew house plants – they seem to get green energy ...
It is known that cats can hunt at night. But in order to be successful one should spent a lot a lot of time lying-in-wait. While watching the surrounding area becomes kind of closer and it becomes part of your realm, you become the ruler, watching ...
This picture is already 30 years old - this was one of the very first cat-themed pictures by Sergey Stelmashonok. It was shown for the first time at the exhibition of young artists’ works in the House of Cinema. But the exhibition frightened the ...
People tend to idealize old times, and not without a reason: chivalry, beautiful gowns, bright life full of adventures. Still, even today we have an opportunity to scratch a romantic message to our Mistress, to perform a cat’s concert (serenade) ...
Cats and dragons have much in common. Ears, paws, claws, the ability to growl and spit – isn’t that enough? Cats are absolutely independent and they possess a unique ability to make their marble good for women, who immediately start being over-sweet ...
According to Egyptian beliefs, sphinx is a she, moreover SHE appeared to be oviparous. Sphinx eggs are very unusual: it’s not other sphinx’ that are hatched, it’s pyramids that are hatched. That’s why sphinx never breeded and now they are very rare. ...
Have you ever noticed how cats walk in the snow, leaving a neat set of footprints - almost a bee-line? How they artfully curl up, and in moments of concentration when hunting they stretch almost like a line very close to the ground and literally ...
Everyone can find a special meaning in this picture: a kid sees two cats playing, a specialist in Eastern culture sees archetypical simbols, a person obsessed with sex sees orgasming cats, a safety technique engineer sees an axifugal symbol, a ...
Scientists have been debating for a long time about the following: which alphabet was the very first in the world? Some say that the alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians, others argue that the first alphabet was a Hebrew invention. And now we ...
This work was first shown at the international exhibition "March Cats" in Minsk in 2009. When the world financial crisis went into top gear, when the politicians of all countries doubled the power of the dollar and eagerly offered to introduce the ...
The days are rolling by, the hours are rushing through, the seconds are flying by all the year round. The planet is turning wildly, and inside of it, working in a spin cycle, millions of cats are running forward - enjoying their tenth bonus eternal ...
Site Cats & Dreams features a collection of posters, images, drawings and illustrations by the Belarusian artist Sergey Stelmashonok. Sergey has been illustrating articles in different newspapers and magazines for many years but his main passion is depicting cats. Each and every cat in his images is special. Take a look and enjoy.