1. Black Cat Vesa Matteo Piludu University of Helsinki

2. Barthes: tripartite meaning process Object or signifier could signify several meanings In a certain contest is connected to a certain concept or significans The signifier with a clear meaning become a sign in a certain historical and cultural background

3. Black cat and witch

4. Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923): Chat au Clair de Lune

5. Black Cat Art Print by Shunso Hishida

6. Tournee du Chat Noir by Theophile Steinlen (1898)

7. Chat Noir by Theophile Steinlen Many of the posters were produced, to advertise the local “cabaret” owned by Aristide Bruant, created in 1881 as a venue for performers and a nightclub for artists elegant and luxurious body This is a perfect balance of mass advertisement (in the right language) and art

8. Halloween poster

9. Black cat in advetizing

10. Catwoman (Batman)

11. Michelle Pfeiffer - Catwoman in Batman Returns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75_xFqk774 Catwoman in Old Batman telefilm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK72XCQVOWg&feature=related

12. The Black Cat – by Poe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiVuIICPBgg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEP32uFWPM8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k1-WncQ4Yg&feature=related

13. The Black Cat Inspired on Edgar Allan Poe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7v0vooX1Gc&feature=related

14. Italian trash film The Black Cat (1981) trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mjq1Ni4I9M&feature=related