23.6.10

Beijo (the kiss)

Há vários tipos de beijo: por amor, por prazer, por convenção social. No caso do amor este pode ser fraternal, maternal; por prazer pode ser consensual ou pago; socialmente distinguia-se o que era dado na mão fosse ou não por galanteria.


There are several types of kiss: for love, for pleasure, for social convention. In the case of this can be brotherly love, motherly, for pleasure can be consensual or paid, socially distinguished himself what was at hand was given or not for gallantry.

Adolphe William Bouguereau (1825-1905)-'first kiss (Cupid and Psyche as children)'-oil on canvas-1890 Private collection

Frederick Daniel Hardy (1826-1911)-'a kiss goodnight'-oil on canvas-1858 oil on canvas-1890 Private collection

Henri Toulouse Lautrec (1864-1901)-'in bed the kiss'-thinned oil on cardboard-1892 Private collection

Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806)-'the stollen kiss'-oil on canvas-(1787-1789) St. Petersburg- Hermitage

Charles-Joseph Frederick Soulacroix (1825-1897)-'the cavalier kiss'-oil on canvas Private collection

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