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| "The Kiss" 1907–1908 |
I couldn't have started my blog from a different post than this one, about Gustav Klimt.
He is one of my favorite artists and his painting "The Kiss"
is a quintessence of everything that I love in art...Beauty of women,
geometrical elements, symbolism, colours and atmosphere. All elements
makes this paining unique, beautiful and a line between traditional and
modern art. It's a blend of renaissance, baroque and cubism, which is
about to appear soon after.
Feminine
elements are enhanced by the golden and silver chords. The woman face
is so real, while we can't see the face of her partner, which suggests
that she is more important. Her gown is beautifully ornamented, full of
mosaic and floral elements. While the man's gown is filled with
geometrical patterns, which impose masculine shapes, woman’s gown is
flowery and this definitely imposes her connection to earth and nature.
This
painting shows us the real love, two lovers are symbolically dissolving
in an embrace. Man protects woman, because she is delicate and
feminine. She is captured in the moment when she is waiting for the
kiss...There is hesitation, eroticism, desire, true love, all feelings
blend while the lovers stays in the close embrace. Their souls are united.
"The Kiss" definitely makes us think about the scene, which we
have just seen. Leaves us with reflection and every person can find in
it a bit of their feelings, emotions, desires and everything else they
miss in their life...
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