Klimt pinto this wonderful oil between the years 1907 and 1908 .It is a painting of considerable dimensions, 1'80m x 1'80m and, although it may not seem like it, is square .It is Klimt's best known work and one of the most valued by the public, of the whole history of painting.to know 10 curious facts about The Kiss of Klimt .
10 curious facts about Klimt's Kiss
1.Klimt's fondness for the use of gold arises from a trip to Italy in which I visit the mosaics Byzantines of the Church of San Vitale in the city of Ravenna.I note that gold gave depth and perspective to works that were "flat".
2. The figures that we see in the play is believed to be Klimt himself and who was his official partner throughout his life: Emilie Floge .
3.They are many interpretations and readings that have been made of the work.Among them that the scene reflects the moment when, according to Ovid's Metamorphosis , Dafne , Which is becoming a laurel, is kissed by Apollo .
4.A biography of Klimt explains that to paint the flowers coming out of the mantle let the flowers of your garden grow to see how they did it naturally and be able to capture it.
5.Klimt tried to ref take away from his paintings the mystery of the human hug , as we see in some of his previous works, reaching the cusp with The Kiss , which also is the first in which the man's face is seen .
6.Some critics think that although it seems that the preponderant figure is the man , if you look well the woman He is on his knees so, in reality, he is much taller than him.
7. There is not a gold that is repeated , at least I use 8 different types of gold leaf and several techniques to get different tones.
8.Klimt first baptized the picture with the name of «Lovers», When I finish it, after the 1908 exhibition, it was renamed «The Kiss» .
9.Klimt made several modifications more after the exhibition : Complete the left part of the meadow, put flowers on the woman's brace, I extend her feet to the edge of the cliff, I modify her body to make it more sensual, I change the motif of the lower edge of his tunic and blur the separation between the clothes of the two lovers.
10. The Kiss de Klimt was purchased before it was finished .After being exhibited in the 1908 exhibition of the Austrian Gallery, the Belvedere Museum bought it for a figure that at that time seemed astronomical: 25,000 crowns.If it were sold today, possible The highest figure reached by a cadre would be paid since for the work of Klimt «Adele Bloch-Bauer», considered inferior, 135 million US dollars were paid in 2006.
If you are interested in the articles related to art, you may want to read The young lady of the pearl, a painting full of secrets.
Image: Deutsche Arte y Decoracion , Volume 23
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