Giotto, Padua, Jerusalem: The First Kiss in Art History

Bélinda Ibrahim, 05/08 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Giotto Jerusalem Padua Kiss Art History

Within the sacred dimness of the Scrovegni Chapel, this scene immediately draws the eye with its unexpected tenderness. Two faces nearly touch, two foreheads gently meet and two lips reach for each other. This is neither Romeo and Juliet nor Tristan and Isolde, but Joachim and Anne, the biblical couple and parents of Mary, the future mother of ...