Klimt's Beethoven Frieze
1902 · Work
Painted for the Secession's 1902 exhibition celebrating Beethoven, Klimt's frieze follows humanity's longing for happiness past hostile gorgons to the embrace of the Ninth Symphony's 'Ode to Joy'.
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