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Private Life of a Masterpiece

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5/5. "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt. This erotically charged and hugely popular example of Art Nouveau fused with Symbolism has been the subject of intense speculation since its unveiling in 1908. Who are the two lovers in a rapturous embrace? Is the man or woman in control? And, most tantalisingly, could it depict the artist, a man whose sexual appetite was on a par with Casanova's? Germaine Greer , John Malkovich and former Erotic Review editor
Rowan Pelling share their thoughts. Samuel West narrates. Producer John Bush ; Series editor Jeremy Bugler

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Germaine Greer
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John Malkovich
Editor:
Rowan Pelling
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Samuel West
Producer:
John Bush
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