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.

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The Kiss canonical 6

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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 ⓘ
Ravenna mosaics ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
location Österreichische Galerie Belvedere ⓘ
movement Vienna Secession ⓘ
museum 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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gustav Klimt → notableWork → The Kiss ⓘ
The Kiss (Gustav Klimt) → title → The Kiss ⓘ
subject linked to: The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
Kysset → originalTitleOf → The Kiss ⓘ
El Beso → translation → The Kiss ⓘ