Klimt the kiss

Like most of Klimt paintings throughout his life, this painting has a close relationship to eroticism and is also very modern because of the use of shapes and colors to show each of the subjects body. The painting shows what love and passion looks like close up since the couple is sitting on a bed. The couple looks to be completely intertwined and deep in emotion. Three different shapes show off the different parts of the man and also the woman with gustav klimt tree of life. The white and black rectangles in the Klimt the Kiss show the man in his cape and the woman is in colored circles and flowers. The woman has her eyes closed as their heads start to form one simple connected figure. Their hands are also touching and the womans hand is wrapped sweetly and seductively around the mans neck.