4/2020 | Art | Klimt and my Interpretation of "The Kiss"

Greetings fellow Steemians.

On a day like yesterday, chocolate hearts and mutilated flowers, I sat by the candlelight opposite the artists of the past, shifting the glow on one of the most practiced forms of affection and love, I speak of "the kiss".

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I did find the evening quite exciting for, many are the species of kisses immortalized by us visual artists.

Allegorical keys, locking away testaments of emotion and movement of thought.

One of the most famous and a favorite of mine, is The Kiss by the Viennese painter Gustav Klimt.

A kiss without emotional tensions, a sweet gesture that presents itself in a two-dimensional and abstract space.

The painting depicts a young lady that trustingly, abandon herself to the strong and protective embrace of a gentlemen.

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My fondness for this painting is deep within the origin of "The Kiss". Klimt himself fell in love with the source of his inspiration, so much so that his golden creations, his stylized bodies, the simple geometric shapes are all under the cast of the same spell.

During one of his journeys through Italy, he discovered the beauty that is the Byzantine mosaics and paintings.

The Viennese Secession / European Liberty is clearly a strong influence on the format of Klimt's art works (square was a favorite).

The gestural code of the Madonna di palazzo Medici-Riccardi by Filippo Lippi, may be linked to one more allegorical detail.


I think of this representation and of its allusion to the physicality of love, the lightly explicit retain its elegance and finds validation in the sacredness of their profound love.

Here is where the gestural code may come to play, it helps to compare a love between mortals to the sacred, by echoing the pose of the holy painting.

To conclude my evening, I began lining out my interpretation...

Thanks for the nice evening, Klimt.

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