Posted on February 28, 2012 with 16 notes.
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Zoom worldpaintings: Francesco Hayez The Kiss, 1859, oil on canvas, 110 cm × 88 cm, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. This painting conveys the main features of Italian Romanticism and has come to represent the spirit of the Risorgimento. The painting represents a couple from the Middle Ages, embracing while they kiss each other. It is among the most passionate and intense representations of a kiss in the history of western art. The girl leans backwards, while the man bends his left leg so as to support her, simultaneously placing a foot on the step next to him as though poised to go at any moment. The couple, though at the center of the painting, are not recognizable, as Hayez wanted the action of the kissing to be at the center of the composition. In the left part of the canvas shadowy forms lurk in the corner to give an impression of conspiracy and danger.

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Francesco Hayez

The Kiss, 1859, oil on canvas, 110 cm × 88 cm, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.

This painting conveys the main features of Italian Romanticism and has come to represent the spirit of the Risorgimento. The painting represents a couple from the Middle Ages, embracing while they kiss each other. It is among the most passionate and intense representations of a kiss in the history of western art. The girl leans backwards, while the man bends his left leg so as to support her, simultaneously placing a foot on the step next to him as though poised to go at any moment. The couple, though at the center of the painting, are not recognizable, as Hayez wanted the action of the kissing to be at the center of the composition. In the left part of the canvas shadowy forms lurk in the corner to give an impression of conspiracy and danger.

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