The Kiss

Gustav Klimt, an Austrian painter, was born in Vienna in 1862. His father was a gold engraver and Bohemian immigrant, while his musically gifted mother never got her to wish. The family was having financial difficulties. Klimt was gifted as an artist from such a young age. He dropped out of school as a teenager then enrolled at Vienna's School of Arts and Crafts. Klimt immediately welcomed the traditional teaching whilst studying, as he concentrated his efforts on architectural art. Klimt's increasing ability gained him numerous orders whereas he was still in university. The University of Vienna commissioned Klimt to produce three murals for their ceiling throughout the early twentieth century. The Philosophy painting sparked controversy after it was still in the Secession show since it featured gloomy representational images with multiple nude human figures. Regardless of the fact that much of Klimt's work was receiving poor reviews at the moment, on the other hand, he was achieving unprecedented levels of popularity. During his Golden Time in the early twentieth century, he used a lot of gold leaf decoration with a double background in his works. He painted The Kiss at this period of time.

Gustav Klimt was a part of the Secessionists that took an avant-garde style of art. Klimt was another forerunner of the European art movement known as Symbolism. The mystic themes and even a unique way to art were shared by Symbolism and the Art Nouveau as well as Arts & Crafts movements. In 1907, just at peak of his "Golden Period," Klimt created this opulent art piece with extra platinum, silver, gold, etc. In classic Art Nouveau flair, The Kiss portrays a couple entwined in a passionate hug. That artwork is the most popular and well-known of Klimt's works, although it is perhaps one of the most divisive.

That concept of two hugging individuals appeared frequently in Klimt's art, especially in the Beethoven Frieze-the Stoclet Frieze, which both before The Kiss. The identification of the female in just this artwork is a point of contention. Several speculate that the female is Emilie Floge, Klimt's longtime friend or partner. Everyone else claims that she looks more like Red Hilda, a model that posed for Klimt's Woman with Feather Boa, Goldfish, and Danae. In this painting, the hugging pair comes to the fore, with deep but glossy golden concepts and categorizes them along both sides. Humans could glimpse the border of a floral field below the female's barefoot just at couple's feet. The man's face is hidden behind his hands as he cradles the lady's face in his hands as well as kisses her just on the cheek. As her face raised up toward the kiss and one arm hanging around his neck, the woman's eyes are lightly closed.

Various art historians consider Klimt's aspirations towards further consistency through the use of inorganic and immobile shapes were inspired by Byzantine influences. Klimt's Golden Period reaches its pinnacle with The Kiss. This painting, including the Tree of Life and The Beethoven Frieze, finalizes an emblem of sensual with spiritual adoration. According to a few historians, this painting may depict the kiss between Apollo and Daphne in the Greek story Metamorphoses. Other historians have argued that The Kiss represents the time in the Eurydice and Orpheus story when Orpheus turns to cuddle his beloved Eurydice as he loses her permanently. Some people believe this reading is supported by the partially ethereal aspect of the lady's face. Inside this artwork, there is a clear contrast between the masculine and feminine. The dominant, often oppressive masculine force is captured in the combination of the two figures with the guy standing above. The man's robe has crisp and quite strong architectural motifs that mimic this energy. The female figure, who is bowing as well as yielding, and her flowing, highly naturalistic robe lighten the piece, even emphasizing the duality.