the kiss through the centuries

There are those who make people dream, and those who still love each other after 43 years. There are the conceptual ones, and others that make your head spin, everywhere, for everyone. Without forgetting the historic ones, which have become iconic. They have us rockedwith or without success. The kiss, older than we thought, eternal object of inspiration for artists, would it be a little outdated today? In any casehe is worship. Do you know since when do we smooch? This is a closely studied question.

It is through art that a small revolution begins

At the time of the Bronze Age, after an epidemic of herpes, the scientists were convinced until then, it was the proof of the appearance of the kiss. But a researcher has just demonstrated that it is even older. “The oldest recorded romantic kiss dates back 4,500 years. But we really believe the kiss’s been around even longer“, assures Dr. Sophie lund Ramussenzoologist at Oxford University-Linacre College. Old, the kiss, certainly, but it only concerns half the world, and times are changing.

In the 19th century in Europe, chastity was de rigueur. No kissing in public. And it is through art that a small revolution begins. In 1881, the sculptor Rodin dared to display what was then reserved for the private sector.