The Kiss of Peace
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The Kiss of Peace is a 19th-century photographic portrait by Julia Margaret Cameron, exemplifying her soft-focus, spiritually infused style and dramatic use of light and composition.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Kiss of Peace canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
black-and-white photograph
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photographic portrait ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 1860s ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
example of Victorian symbolic portraiture
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exemplifies Julia Margaret Cameron’s mature style ⓘ important work in early art photography ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | soft-focus photography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Julia Margaret Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
intimate embrace
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religious or spiritual affection ⓘ two women ⓘ |
| genre | portrait photography ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
Victorian aesthetic
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carefully staged composition ⓘ close-up framing ⓘ dramatic lighting ⓘ emotional intensity ⓘ high contrast of light and shadow ⓘ soft focus ⓘ spiritual atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasReception |
noted for innovative use of focus and light
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praised for emotional expressiveness ⓘ widely studied in histories of photography ⓘ |
| inCollectionOf | various museum photography collections ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics
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Victorian religious imagery ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| lightingStyle | chiaroscuro ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
female figures
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gesture of a kiss ⓘ |
| medium | albumen print ⓘ |
| movement | Pictorialism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Julia Margaret Cameron’s body of religiously inflected portraits ⓘ |
| period | 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedWorkBySameArtist |
The Angel at the Tomb
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The Madonna Penserosa NERFINISHED ⓘ The Parting of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technique | wet collodion process ⓘ |
| theme |
devotion
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intimacy ⓘ peace ⓘ religious sentiment ⓘ spiritual love ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | Christian liturgical greeting of peace ⓘ |
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