eCognoscente - New York - Art - Klimt, the Art of the Kiss!

ecognoscente.com — The kiss represents a popular trope in Western art, a symbol of both love and betrayal. There is Brassaï's photograph, Le Baiser (The Kiss), where movement captures a dizzying whirl of feeling. Brancusi's The Kiss, a sculpture of carved limestone of a man and a woman embracing each other in a deep kiss, is solid and rooted, speaking instead... Jul 17, 2010 View in Crawl 4