Sunday, April 6, 2008

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt


I really love this piece of art.
Nicolas Pioch described it, "The Kiss is a fascinating icon of the loss of self that lovers experience. Only the faces and hands of this couple are visible; all the rest is great swirl of gold, studded with colored rectangles as if to express visually the emotional and physical explosion of erotic love."
He is simply kissing her cheek, yet it's not simple at all. What powerful emotions are portrayed.

3 comments:

snappy said...

Thanks for posting this. It is simply beautiful. I may have to get a copy for my home!

Reynolds Family said...

I love this one too, as well as many other adaptations of "The Kiss"

Lucky Starfish said...

I love kisses. So much can be said with a kiss which is great because there are no words involved.