Gustav Klimt's The Kiss is one of my favorite art paintings. Gustav Klimt was a nineteenth century Australian painter that had a very unique and sensual style of drawing (sketching) and painting. He painted many different categories—women, landscapes, trees, and gardens. I think he is well known for his drawings of women. He was a perfectionist and worked early morning until late afternoon. “True relaxation, which would do me a world of good, does not exist for me” (Klimt). Gustav Klimt created The Kiss, one of the most admired paintings in art history.
“Whoever wants to know something about me – as an artist which alone is significant – they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognize what I am and what I want” (Klimt,
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The light values are a bit of a glowing transition to rich and bright golds to deep and neutral-toned browns. Plus a few bright eye catching orange-toned reds mixed with cool-toned reds.
I love warm-tones, so I am not surprised that I am a fan of this painting by Gustav Klimt. I love the bright and vivid yellows, purples, greens, and blues. Also, I admire the colorful flowers and the symbolic designs of the gowns.
Also, I admire the rich gold colors in the center of the painting. I read that Gustav Klimt was inspired by Gold from a trip to Italy. “The inspiration for his "Golden Phase", which culminated with The Kiss, was presumably provided by a visit to Ravenna during his travels through Italy in 1903, which introduced him to the world of Byzantine mosaics. But Klimt was also influenced by contemporary painters: the abstract, decorative style of the Dutch Symbolist Jan Theodor must be mentioned here, as well as the Belgian Symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff
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It is the elevated ideal moment of a romantic relationship. It does not pull me in any certain direction; my eyes focus on the entire painting as a whole. The focal point to me is their embrace and body language--which is quite captivating.
I read into the idea that this piece was spiritual and heaven-inspired. I feel like the couple kind of float underneath a halo and I feel like the gold specks in the background can be thought of as spiritual presence. According to austral.info: “The couple seems to have shaken off this last remnant of earthly weight and has been transported into another infinite, almost sacred sphere, reminiscent indeed of the gold background of Byzantine mosaics” (Austria.info). And, this is exactly how I see part of it! Another part, I see this as a romantic embrace of unequivocal love and lust—in a meadow setting.
I love the contrast of the colors-- deep and solid. From left to right, starting at the landscape, I love the purple, yellow and blue combination--which forms a harmonizing triad. The rich green accentuates the purple flower petals and the blue daises. The colors remain quite warm-toned in the piece besides the dark and gritty-neutral
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Having such an image before our eyes, often we fail to recognize the message it is trying to display from a certain point of view. Through Clark’s statement, it is evident that a photograph holds a graphic message, which mirrors the representation of our way of thinking with the world sights, which therefore engages other
My favorite thing about this piece is the depiction of the New York skyline during a starry night. This is because I am in love with the city at night time. It makes me feel warm. My least favorite thing is the floral border. At first glance, it looks dumb and out of place. I did not understand the purpose of this border until further research was done on the piece of art. I do not think the artist was successful at achieving her goal. I think this because at first I didn't even notice the young girl flying above the bridge. Once I noticed her, I could not tell she was the same girl laying on the rooftop. This made the wild background not make much sense to me. If I were to do something differently about this piece, I would make the flying girl bigger, or put her into more of the focus. Also, I would do something special to show that they are the same girl. Maybe a unique outfit or something would do the job. During the time this artwork was created, Ringgold played a role in the organization of protests and actions against museums that did not show the work of women and people of color. She usually used “overly political paintings” to present her anger (Spector, Nancy). Within this work, she used a story quilt. Everyone loved it! She turned down her angry theme to show this light hearted example of a “spirited heroine”(Spector, Nancy). Women in this time period’s society loved to see a young colored girl
This piece is and is 218.4 centimeters in height and 172.7 centimeters in width. I was not able to find the medium of this artwork but I am assuming it is either acrylic or oil on canvas. The style is also abstract and features what looks like random painted figures and shapes positioned all over the canvas with patches of red, yellow-green, mustard yellow, white and beige as the background. There are a couple random objects painted on this piece that are recognizable, such as a red cup with sugar cubes next to it, but there also many unrecognizable shapes that are more open to interpretation. It is my least favorite because I do not find the overall color scheme of the painting very appealing. Personally I feel as if the colors in this piece do not go well together, especially the shade of green and yellow in the background. Compared to Basquiat’s other pieces that are richer in color, this piece falls
Colors would vary for her sets and costumes, depending on her pieces. Many of her pieces that were choreographed on Greek gods/goddesses would often focus on white (innocence), red (for lust, blood or anger), light yellows and light pinks. Whereas pieces like Deep Song would be based almost strictly on what they were about. Deep Song was about the Spanish Civil War so the costume has some very Spanish influences.
1st artwork: “The Kiss” (1907-1908 years). This is such a beautiful, elegant, well balanced and bright work. It catches attention of everyone with its colorful tones and fillings that viewers get even during one, short, glance. Man is standing next to the woman but his face is not shown. The legend says that once, very rich man came and ordered painting where he and his fiancé should be kissing, as a marriage present. He left a little brooch with the picture of his wife, so that artist would draw her. When Klimt was drawing this masterpiece, he fell in love with this very beautiful, young women and
The theme can be generally recognized in this piece through color, space, and especially through use of light. The colors used in this piece are mostly calm toned, whereas the robes and shawls worn are pale blues, corals, and beiges. There are however, some harsh colored objects such as Mary’s navy blue shaul and deep coral gown, as well as Christ’s coral necklace that stand out from the rest of the colors. Mary’s veil and the angel on the lefts’ hair are translucent in certain streams of light coming from the windows throughout the room. The artists suggests that the light is dedicated not to represent the divine but to rather represent a more natural juxtaposition on the piece. The space that the characters stand in is fully used by the subjects but also has a very interesting doorway with heightened perspecti...
“Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing.” Art is just that, one of many ways that people can express love. LOVE by Robert Indiana and The Kiss, by the French sculptor, Auguste Rodin are just two sculptures that demonstrate love. LOVE is a structure of the word love in red with the first two letters above with the “O” slanted, and the last two letters bellow the first two, that is displayed publicly in New York City. The Kiss can now be found in the Musée Rodin in Paris, France. The sculpture is of two characters of the opposite sex kissing. The materials and colors used in the two sculptures, as well as the aspect of love that they represent and the history behind the sculptures, The Kiss seems to be more romantic.
paintings when they want you to see what they are trying to express. Like if
The most prominent color in this painting is blue; it is used in the walls, the doors the articles of clothing hanging on the wall hook and some of the items resting on the nightstand. The other prominent color is green, used on parts of floorboards, the window, a part of one of the doorframes, parts of the hanging paintings and the empty vase on the nightstand. Brown is the only ...
The entire vase is very well done. It consists of bright to dull pale colors. The artwork has a movement to the entire painting. No matter where your eyes go, something exciting is happening throughout the entire thing. Line is used through the whole art piece. The painter mainly sticks to think use of lines, and rarely ventures to anything thick. The use of paint, and color is very smooth, and sometimes a little splotchy, which calls me to think the paint was watered down. The entire painting is very well put together, and appealing to the eye all the way
Between the nineteenth and twentieth century came a time of self-expression and reflection. This time became known as the Expressionism movement and focused on boldly creating a personal and emotional experience through art. Conventional artistic stylings were cast aside as each artist discovered their own creative voice. Artists of all mediums emphasized state of mind and the essence of the human condition through bold representations of their own psyche. Edvard Munch’s painting, “The Scream” and Fritz Lang’s film, “Metropolis,” both convey aggressive emotional characteristic of the Expressionist movement through exaggerated compositional elements, distorted stylistic choices and evocative technique.
...s of the people that cared about Jesus and also to see the anger that God had for what the people had done to his son by showing the stormy clouds and gloomy surroundings. But he also wanted us to see that even among the gloom that good can come because Jesus has died on the cross for our sins so that we may join him in Heave with our father. I believe he shows this by the light surrounding Jesus. I think this is a great master piece. Tintoretto has so much going on throughout the painting that you can go back and look again and find something going on in the picture that you missed before.
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When I first looked at the picture, it looked like there were only two colors green and blue. When I got closer to the picture I noticed there were many other colors used. I loved the way the colors were mixed into each other where you have to really look at the picture to see the colors. The other colors, other then green and blue, were pink, white, orange, red, and yellow. There were also different shades of green and blue. There was only one solid color in the picture; it was black.