English summary: Gustav Klimt's monumental Beethoven Frieze is now recognized as the highlight of his career and is seen as an icon of Viennese Art Nouveau. Klimt designed the 35 meter long frieze in 1902 for the Beethoven art exhibition of the Viennese Secession under the theme of longing for happiness. He transformed Beethoven's 9th Symphony into a powerful visual image: gold leaf, semi-precious stones and mother-of pearl, as well as (for the time) unusual prosaic applications of curtain rings, upholstery nails and broken pieces of glass. Floating linear female characters as the embodiment of aspirations lead the viewer along the wall sequence of the Beethoven frieze. In a fascinating tangle of fables, figures and forms, Klimt tells of humanity's suffering and the triumph of the arts and love. Klimt ends his frieze in a presentation of "Kiss for The Whole World" as an expression of Schiller's "Ode To Joy." This catalog offers a detailed view of the frieze and refers to its graphic...

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