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"The Beethoven Frieze"
Gustav Klimt: A pioneer of artistic vision in Vienna – Prague Blog

Created for the 14th exhibition of the Association of Visual Artists – Vienna Secession in 1902 and considered one of the premiere examples of Viennese Secession, the Beethoven Frieze was inspired by Richard Wagner’s interpretation of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Painted on the walls of Vienna’s Secession House, it recounts humankind’s quest for happiness. Take a close look at the painting’s narrow wall. It is divided into the sections “Hostile Forces,” “Gorgons” and “Typhoeus,” a shaggy, blue-winged giant with a body reminiscent of a snake. His pearl-like eyes capture the viewer’s full attention. Do not overlook the snakes slivering through the hair of the three Gorgons, who are the giant’s daughters. The upper-class was shocked by this work, in which Gluttony was viewed as an obese man with large breasts.