The kiss (Il Bacio)
- 1. THE KISS ( Hayez ) By Aitana
- 2. 1. Name of the picture. Characteristics The name of this picture is The Kiss. In this picture the characters express a lot of their feelings with the gestures that they do with the whole body. Is used the originality and also the fantasy. The subject of this picture is love, passion and emotion. They used different colours, vivid colours, duller colours, etc. The characters are from the Middle Ages. They reflect the mood of the characters.
- 3. 2. Who painted it? When and where? This picture was painted by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez in the year 1859. Francesco Hayez was born in Venice on 10 of February in 1791. He died in Milan on 12 of February in 1882. He was an Italian painter considered the representative of romanticism. It comes from a humble family. As a child he liked drawing and his uncle helped him learn how to paint different paintings as he really liked it. In 1809 he won a competition from the Venetian academy. In 1814 he left Rome after suffering an aggression due to a sentimental relationship and he left to live in Naples.
- 4. 3. Other paintings by the same artist ODALISQUE ( 1867 ) MEDITATION ON THE HISTORY OF ITALY ( 1850 ) FAMILY PORTRAIT ( 1807 )