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1. 25 Famous Works of Art Inspired By Love

2. 1. Auguste Rodin’s The Kiss
(c. 1882) depicts a 13th-century
Italian noblewoman and her
brother-in-law – a forbidden love
symbolized by the lack of touch
between the couples lips.

3. 2.Sculpted in 1935, Three Forms by Dame Barbara Hepworth not only
represents the beginning of her signature non-figurative works, but it is
also a token of love towards her then-newborn triplets.

4. 3. Showcasing the infamous
moment of Adam’s temptation,
Adam and Eve (1526) by Lucas
Cranach the Elder is a classic portrait
of civilization’s most classic couple.

5. 4. Tina Modotti (1923) is one of countless images by famed American
photographer Edward Weston of his lover and muse whom he, for a time, lived
with and photographed extensively in Mexico.

6. 5. The Love Embrace of
the Universe, the Earth
(Mexico), Myself, Diego,
and Señor Xoltotl (1949)
by Frida Kahlo depicts
the famously tumultuous
relationship between the
artist and her husband
Diego Rivera who,
despite his depiction
here as a child, was in
fact twenty years her
senior.

7. 6. Always one in favor of
the fantastical, Jeff Koons
unveiled his stainless steel
Sacred Heart (Red/Gold)
(1994-2007) on the roof
of Metropolitan Museum
of Art in 2006.

8. 7. Danish painter
Vilhelm Hammershoi
almost exclusively
painted somber interior
images of his own home,
veering only occasionally
to include his wife Ida as
seen here in Interior with
Young Woman from
Behind (1904).

9. 8. An opulent pink spectacle
made in his signature fluorescent
lights, Dan Flavin’s untitled (to
Tracy, to celebrate the love of a
lifetime) (1992) was installed at
the Guggenheim Museum as an
ode to his fiancée and also acted
as the backdrop for their
wedding ceremony.

10. 9. While the original
The Kiss (1907-08) by
Constantic Brancusi is
housed in the artist’s
native Romania, several
plaster replicas can be
found from
Philadelphia to Paris.

11. 10. Oh, Jeff...I
Love You,
Too...But… (1964)
was one of the
first explorations
in pointilist comic
book-inspired
works for
American artist
Roy Lichtenstein.

12. 11. Diane Arbus, Love-In, Central Park, New York City (1969) by Garry
Winogrand portrays his fellow photographer Diane Arbus at work; the two
exhibited together at the Museum of Modern Art just two years prior along with
Lee Friedlander.

13. 12. Housed in
St. Peter’s
Basilica,
Michelangelo’s
Pietà (1498-99)
was completed
when the artist
was just 24 years
old.

14. 13.Jan van Eyck’s
Arnolfini Portrait (1434)
is famed for its inclusion
of several symbolic
elements including the
single candle
representing the ever-
present eye of God and
the small dog
representing fidelity.

15. 14. The lips in Man Ray’s Observatory Time: The Lovers (1966) are
emblematic of the artist’s deceased lover Lee Miller’s mouth and later
acted as inspiration for the logo of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

16. 15. Marc Chagall
was famed for his
ability to use a very
limited color palette
to amplify his
subjects as seen
here in Blue Lovers
(1914).

17. 16. Perhaps the
most iconic image of
lovers from the 20th
century, Gustav
Klimt’s The Kiss was
created during
Vienna’s Art Nouveau
period – as depicted by
the inclusion of
authentic gold leaf –
though several
influences of Japanese
prints are also
employed.

18. 17. Although a
student of Klimt’s,
Egon Schiele made a
huge departure from
his teacher when he
began depicting more
nude imagery like
Lovers (1911) seen
here.

19. 18. Bernini’s Apollo
and Daphne (1622-25)
depicts the tale of
Apollo who lusts after
the beautiful Daphne
even after she changes
form to a tree
following a bout with
Cupid’s love-repelling
arrow.

20. 19. Perhaps most
viewed in its rendition
seen here in New York
City, Robert Indiana’s
iconic LOVE
(1966-1999) has been
reproduced as the
Museum of Modern
Art Christmas card in
1964 and as a U.S.
postage stamp in 1973.

21. 20. Dedicated to his lover who died of AIDS complications in 1991,
Untitled (Perfect Lovers) (1987-1990) by Felix Gonzalez-Torres has very
explicit instructions for its reproduction including that the clocks must
always be touching and on a wall painted light blue.

22. 21. Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room - Love Forever
(1996) is made up of a box equipped with mirrors facing one
another to create an optical illusion of endless depth.

23. 22. British artist Tracy Emin is famed for her incorporation of
the personal and the industrial as seen here in her neon sign
titled Love is What You Want (2011).

24. 23. I Love Your Kiss Forever Forever (1964) is not only exemplary of Andy Warhol’s
tendency towards repetition, but it is also one of the first instances of his depictions of
Marilyn Monroe whom he continued to use as a muse for much of his career.

25. 24. René Magritte’s The Lovers
(1928) is a harrowing depiction of
isolating love as the pair are kept
apart by mere fabric, preventing a
fully loving embrace.

26. 25. Jean-Honoré
Fragonard’s 18th
century masterpiece
The Fountain of Love
(1785) portrays a young
couple rushing towards
a fountain straight out
of classical antiquity that
acted as a well of
magical waters within
which Cupid dipped his
arrows.

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