The Kiss

lovers' embrace 

Colors in this work

Artist: Gustav Klimt
Date: 1907–1908
Medium: gold leaf; canvas; oil paint
Holding institution: Belvedere, Vienna
Palette: Olive Ground · Yellow family · #86713E · 38%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #BCA958 · 23%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A39050 · 11%

Herbarium Green · Green family · #678D53 · 5%

Beeswax Light · Yellow family · #D5C072 · 5%

Faded Bishop Cloth · Purple family · #8173A6 · 4%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #604F29 · 4%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #372F25 · 3%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #9A9180 · 2%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A88F28 · 2%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #777C41 · 1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A1665E · <1%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #D08600 · <1%

Seaworn Fresco · Teal family · #62847D · <1%

Aubergine Glaze · Purple family · #4B3E7B · <1%

Ultramarine Altar · Blue family · #464AB2 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #362A33 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #BCBCCC · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Belvedere, Vienna

12 tags

Hugs and Kisses Both · 100%

The catalog describes a lovers’ embrace, and the image clearly shows two figures kissing and holding one another closely.
Interlaced Bodies Visual · 94%

The two figures overlap and hold one another, with their arms, hands, torsos, and heads visually integrated within the embracing form.
Human Figure Visual · 99%

Two recognizable human figures occupy the center of the composition, with faces, hands, arms, and feet visibly rendered.
Flora Visual · 99%

A dense flowering meadow with numerous visible blossoms and leaves occupies the lower portion of the image.

Patterns Visual · 99%

The robes and gold field contain repeated geometric units, spirals, circles, and floral motifs.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%

Gold surfaces, decorative motifs, patterned garments, and flowers dominate the composition.
Flatness Visual · 94%

The image uses predominantly flattened decorative space, with limited conventional spatial recession.

Painting Both · 99%

The catalog classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly presents a painted composition on a flat picture surface.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies oil paint as part of the medium.
Gold Leaf and Gilding Both · 99%

The catalog specifies gold leaf, and extensive shimmering gold-toned areas are visibly distributed across the background and garments.

1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 100%

The catalog dates the work to 1907–1908, within the 1900–1917 period.

Gold Both · 98%

Gold leaf is recorded in the medium, while the image is dominated by gold-toned passages.

Gustav Klimt. Google Art Project

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