Journal - The Kiss - Gustav Klimt

<p><strong data-mce-fragment="1">Artwork</strong><br data-mce-fragment="1">Gustav Klimt<br data-mce-fragment="1"><em>The Kiss</em><br data-mce-fragment="1"><span data-mce-fragment="1">1907-1908</span><br><span></span></p> <p><strong>Dimensions</strong><br><span>5.5" x 8.25"</span><br><span>14 cm x 21 cm</span><br><span>188 lined pages</span><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>About <em>The Kiss<br></em></strong><em>The Kiss</em><span> </span>is one of the world's most recognized artworks. Painted between 1907 and 1908, it depicts a couple melting into a passionate embrace, their bodies entwined in beautifully elaborate robes.</p> <p><em>The Kiss</em><span> </span>is the final painting of Klimt's Golden Period. The painting wasn’t even finished before it was purchased by the Austrian government. It is considered a national treasure.</p> <p>Influenced by Japanese mosaics, the painting showcases the artist's signature gold leaf technique inspired by Byzantine mosaics in the Church of San Vitale in Italy. </p> <p>No one knows the identity of the man in<span> </span><em>The Kiss:<span> </span></em>he may be Gustav Klimt himself, however it is only conjecture. There is no evidence to prove this.</p> <p><strong><em>About Gustav Klimt<br></em></strong>Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. No stranger to controversy,<span> </span><span>his primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. While he created a wealth of </span>paintings, murals, sketches, and decorative art objects over the course of his career, he is most well-known for the works he produced during his Golden Phase.</p> <!---->