The Kiss
(Der Kuss)
Gustav Klimt
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
1908
· Oil on canvas · 54.59 Megapixel · Picture ID:22644
"The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt is one of the best-known paintings of the Art Nouveau period, painting small floral ornaments, elongated, filigree and delicate depictions of people as well as decorative patterns.In his masterpiece "The Kiss" Klimt brings his love for the Feminine and sensual expressions suggest that the lovers are the artist and his mistress, and the golden sheathing symbolizes the irrepressible passion and closeness of the two lovers, among them Klimt's typical scenic traits. This includes the ornamental transformation of bodies and objects into two-dimensional symbols: this type of abstraction paved the way for subsequent art epochs such as Cubism and Surrealism.
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