The Kiss
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The Kiss is an iconic early 20th-century Symbolist painting by Gustav Klimt, celebrated for its opulent gold leaf, intimate embrace, and status as a masterpiece of the Vienna Secession movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Kiss canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Art Nouveau painting
ⓘ
Symbolist painting ⓘ oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| artMovement |
Art Nouveau
ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ |
| background |
abstract floral meadow
ⓘ
golden field ⓘ |
| city | Vienna ⓘ |
| collection | Österreichische Galerie Belvedere ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| creator | Gustav Klimt ⓘ |
| depicts |
embracing couple
ⓘ
kiss ⓘ man ⓘ woman ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical painting
ⓘ
portrait ⓘ |
| hasPart |
floral motifs
ⓘ
geometric motifs ⓘ ornamental patterns ⓘ |
| heightCentimeters | 180 ⓘ |
| inception |
1907
ⓘ
1908 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Byzantine mosaics
ⓘ
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna ⓘ
surface form:
Ravenna mosaics
|
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| location | Österreichische Galerie Belvedere ⓘ |
| movement | Vienna Secession ⓘ |
| museum |
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
ⓘ
surface form:
Belvedere Museum
|
| notableFor |
extensive use of gold leaf
ⓘ
status as icon of Vienna Secession ⓘ symbolist representation of a couple ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Der Kuss ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Phase of Gustav Klimt ⓘ |
| shape | square ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| technique | oil and gold leaf on canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
eroticism
ⓘ
intimacy ⓘ love ⓘ union of masculine and feminine ⓘ |
| title | The Kiss ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
gold leaf
ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ silver leaf ⓘ |
| widthCentimeters | 180 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Kiss (Gustav Klimt)