The Kiss by Gustav Klimt - Iconic Art Nouveau Masterpiece | Art History #3303564 (License: Personal Use)

Painted between 1907 and 1908, *The Kiss* depicts a couple locked in an embrace on a flower-strewn cliff, their bodies enveloped in ornate robes adorned with geometric and organic motifs. The man’s dark, rectangular-patterned cloak contrasts with the woman’s swirling floral gown, while gold leaf dominates the composition, evoking Byzantine mosaics and Viennese Secession aesthetics. Symbolically, the work represents love as both earthly desire and transcendent union.

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