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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The Kiss of Peace canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black-and-white photograph ⓘ
photographic portrait ⓘ
approximateDate 1860s ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance example of Victorian symbolic portraiture ⓘ
exemplifies Julia Margaret Cameron’s mature style ⓘ
important work in early art photography ⓘ
artisticStyle soft-focus photography ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Julia Margaret Cameron ⓘ
depicts intimate embrace ⓘ
religious or spiritual affection ⓘ
two women ⓘ
genre portrait photography ⓘ
hasQuality Victorian aesthetic ⓘ
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 ⓘ
praised for emotional expressiveness ⓘ
widely studied in histories of photography ⓘ
inCollectionOf various museum photography collections ⓘ
influencedBy Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Raphaelite art

Victorian religious imagery ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
lightingStyle chiaroscuro ⓘ
mainSubject female figures ⓘ
gesture of a kiss ⓘ
medium albumen print ⓘ
movement Pictorialism ⓘ
partOf Julia Margaret Cameron’s body of religiously inflected portraits ⓘ
period 19th century ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameArtist The Angel at the Tomb ⓘ
The Madonna Penserosa ⓘ
The Parting of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere ⓘ
technique wet collodion process ⓘ
theme devotion ⓘ
intimacy ⓘ
peace ⓘ
religious sentiment ⓘ
spiritual love ⓘ
titleRefersTo Christian liturgical greeting of peace ⓘ

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