Beethoven Frieze

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Beethoven Frieze is a monumental 1902 mural by Gustav Klimt that visually interprets Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in a richly symbolic, Secessionist style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork
mural
artHistoricalSignificance key work of Gustav Klimt’s Secession period
major monument of Viennese Jugendstil
artStyle Art Nouveau
Secessionist
commissionedFor Wiener Secessionsgebäude
surface form: 14th Vienna Secession exhibition
conservationStatus restored
countryOfOrigin Austria
creator Gustav Klimt
currentStatus permanently preserved
depicts Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
surface form: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Gorgons
Ode to Joy
Typhoeus
allegory of redemption through art
arts as salvation
choir of angels
embracing couple
hostile forces
human longing for happiness
journey from suffering to joy
knight as hero
suffering humanity
designedAs temporary decoration
exhibitedWith Max Klinger’s Beethoven sculpture
exhibitionSubject Ludwig van Beethoven
genre symbolist art
hasPart central wall section
floating female figures
inscriptions
left wall section
ornamental patterns
right wall section
inception 1902
inspiredBy Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner’s interpretation of Beethoven
languageOfInscriptions German
locatedInTheBuilding Wiener Secessionsgebäude
surface form: Beethovenfries room of the Secession Building
location Wiener Secessionsgebäude
surface form: Secession Building, Vienna
materialUsed casein paint
charcoal
gold leaf
stucco
movement Vienna Secession
title Beethoven Frieze self-link

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Gustav Klimt notableWork Beethoven Frieze
Vienna Secession notableWork Beethoven Frieze
Beethoven Frieze title Beethoven Frieze self-link
Secession Building hasArtwork Beethoven Frieze