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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Kaleidoscopic Kisses

Which is the odd one out?


and

Which is your favourite?

and

Why?





Brancusi


Hayez



Picasso



Rodin




Klimt

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

They all seem to be kissing on the lips except for the Klimt. The ladies face is turned away from her lover. The Hayez I think is my favorite. I like the tone and texture of the piece. It just appeals to me with a Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet feel to it. The first is a bit too...primitive for my liking. The Rodin, is okay. The Picasso is so far out there you couldn't find it with the telescope at the Palomar Observatory. But then, I'm about as artistically astute as a rock.

Carl Johnson said...

I think I probably like Brancusi best. I like the symmetry, the reflection of self in other if you'll allow me to be pompous. It's also the reason it's the odd one out, as the others have a certain top down masculine quality to them- except possibly the Picasso but it would take me a long time to come to terms with that painting as I'm still more at the 'err yes' stage (should that be 'urgh yes'?
Interestingly I read Brancusi as man on left woman on right- still like a sentence that starts with the subject and is read left to right. So I am a good masculinist after all. But a closer look suggests the figure on the left has breasts (it's difficult to tell from the googleimages) and pure logic suggests we should be able to see two women or two men there.

Carl Johnson said...

ps- just looked at your Brancusi again and I think it may be back to front- google puts the slightly more womanly figure on the left and she seems to be on the right for you... When I commented earlier I was looking at a googleimage, not yours

Anonymous said...

Ok, I'm officially stumped. What is th difference?

Bel said...

The difference is what Carl talks about above. The Brancusi is the only depiction in which both ppl are portrayed as equals. Man and woman at the same level and, as Carl suggests, the photo of the painting is back-to-front, so really, the woman is in reality on the left, in the original sculpture, I suspect.

It appears they're the same person -- reflection of self in the other.
Relationship between equals.

Anonymous said...

Well there ya go. I'm going back to my rock! It's dark under there and I like that!!!