Google search homepage, which marks some occasions with curious doodles, puzzled users on Saturday with a maze-like figure — some golden pieces and a woman’s face.
A closer look shows up an embracing couple in decorated robes.
The attractive, non-interactive doodle was the search engine’s tribute to Austrian symbologist painter Gustav Klimt on his150th birth anniversary today.
The doodle is actually a representation of Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss (DerKuss in German), painted between 1907 and 1908.
It is a square, 180cm x 180 cm oil and gold leaf on canvas, and shows a couple in embrace. Born in 1862, the painter’s prominent works created much controversy as he brought sensuality out in the open, in the public sphere. But in contemporary times, his works are considered to be amongst the most expensive.
Subject of his works
The subject of his works was, primarily, female body and included art objects, paintings and murals.
Klimt, born to a gold engraver, spent most of his childhood in poverty.
He was awarded a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts in 1876 because of his interest in art.
He died in 1918 and was buried at the Hietzing Cemetery in Vienna.