Egon Schiele Cardinal and Nun (Caress)
Schiele’s painting Cardinal and Nun (1912) is similar to Gustav Klimt’s Kiss. The contrast between the cardinal’s bare muscular legs, the nuns clothing and his bright red attire seems to reveal the sexual power of desire. Her posture and facial expression shows fear- almost as if it is a fear of being discovered, fear of the Cardinal or of sexuality in general.
