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The Kiss (German: Der Kuss) is an oil-on-canvas painting with added gold leaf, silver and platinum by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. [3] It was painted at some point in 1907 and 1908, during the height of what scholars call his "Golden Period". [ 4 ]
The Kiss is an oil painting on canvas completed by the Norwegian symbolist artist Edvard Munch in 1897. Part of his Frieze of Life, which depicts the stages of a relationship between men and women, The Kiss is a realization of a motif with which he had experimented since 1888/89: a couple kissing, their faces fusing as one in a symbolic representation of their unity.
The Lovers (French: Les Amants (French pronunciation: [lez‿amɑ̃])) is a surrealist painting by René Magritte, made in Paris in 1928. It's the first in a series of four variations, and in the painting two people can be seen kissing passionately with their faces covered in a white cloth hiding their identities.
Why Do Couples Kiss Beneath Mistletoe? The tradition of kissing beneath the mistletoe began in England sometime between 1720 and 1784. The mistletoe smooch wouldn’t have existed as a popular ...
The Kiss (Italian: Il bacio [il ˈbaːtʃo]) is an 1859 painting by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez. Possibly his best-known work, the painting conveys the main features of Italian Romanticism and has come to represent the spirit of the Risorgimento .
The painting shows a woman with long flame-red hair kissing a man on the neck, as the couple embrace. [1] Although others have seen in it "a man locked in a vampire's tortured embrace – her molten-red hair running along his soft bare skin", [3] Munch himself always claimed it showed nothing more than "just a woman kissing a man on the neck".
Each image was of a different kissing and embracing couple, vaguely based on the Devirs, with different and sometimes opposite themes, like fire and ice, or prisoner and police officer. [44] The collection includes utility NFTs, that besides the images offer nights at the Selina hospitality chain, meetings with the Devirs, art supplies, courses ...
Hand-kissing is a greeting gesture that indicates courtesy, politeness, respect, admiration, affection or even devotion by one person toward another. A hand-kiss is considered a respectful way for a gentleman to greet a lady. Today, non-ritual hand-kissing is rare and takes place mostly within conservative class or diplomatic contexts.