The Most Famous Kisses In Art History

The most famous kisses in art history - celebrating the power of the kiss and its expression in art throughout the centuries. Presentation, music, audio and video editing by Byron Thomas. Brief bibliography: The Kiss Sacred and Profane - Nicolas James Perella - University of California Press 1969. The art of Loving - Erich Fromm - Harper & Row 1956. The Kiss and its History (1902) - Kristoffer Nyrop - translated by William Frederick Harvey. . 00:08;10 to 01:03;28 - From Epipsychidion, a major poetical work published in 1821 by Percy Bysshe Shelley. 02:44;16 to 02:57;02 - From Ammi-ditana’s Hymn to Ištar 38:00;07 to 38:30;18 - From Lord Byron’s Don Juan, Canto II. 1819