Greetings fellow Steemians.
On a day like yesterday, chocolate hearts and mutilated flowers, I sat by the candlelight opposite the artists of the past, shifting the glow on one of the most practiced forms of affection and love, I speak of "the kiss".
I did find the evening quite exciting for, many are the species of kisses immortalized by us visual artists.
Allegorical keys, locking away testaments of emotion and movement of thought.
One of the most famous and a favorite of mine, is The Kiss by the Viennese painter Gustav Klimt.
A kiss without emotional tensions, a sweet gesture that presents itself in a two-dimensional and abstract space.
The painting depicts a young lady that trustingly, abandon herself to the strong and protective embrace of a gentlemen.
Silent and symbolic is the promise of faithfulness and eternal love, the ivy head-wreath adorning the man's head is precisely the symbol of his sentiment, meanwhile, the artist assigns to the young lady the beauty and the purity of the flowers.
The two lovers are closed in the totality of their sentiment, as golden ivy leaves grow and wrap around the lady's legs anchoring her in his love.</div
Black, gray and silvery colors give shape to "erect rectangles", symbol of virility and male physicality.
Contrasting, the lady's garment is populated by circumscribing ovals, the round geometric shape transcribes into a symbol of fertility.
My fondness for this painting is deep within the origin of "The Kiss". Klimt himself fell in love with the source of his inspiration, so much so that his golden creations, his stylized bodies, the simple geometric shapes are all under the cast of the same spell.
During one of his journeys through Italy, he discovered the beauty that is the Byzantine mosaics and paintings.
The Viennese Secession / European Liberty is clearly a strong influence on the format of Klimt's art works (square was a favorite).
The gestural code of the Madonna di palazzo Medici-Riccardi by Filippo Lippi, may be linked to one more allegorical detail.
I think of this representation and of its allusion to the physicality of love, the lightly explicit retain its elegance and finds validation in the sacredness of their profound love.
Here is where the gestural code may come to play, it helps to compare a love between mortals to the sacred, by echoing the pose of the holy painting.
To conclude my evening, I began lining out my interpretation...
Thanks for the nice evening, Klimt.
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