Jugendstil Perfection
The Secession Building, Vienna, built in 1898 and designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich in the Jugendstil style as a showcase for the Secession movement artists. Klimt's 'Beethoven Frieze' (1902) is housed in the gallery, although now moved to the basement in a room of different design Elsewhere in Vienna the Belvedere Palace Gallery has recreated the room as it would have originally looked, complete with decorative indoor pergola and panels by other artists: www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=klimt+beethoven+belvedere&h... , which seems more appropriate to the 'Gesamtkumstwerk' ('Total Work of Art') collaborative ethos that the Secessionists championed.
Jugendstil Perfection
The Secession Building, Vienna, built in 1898 and designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich in the Jugendstil style as a showcase for the Secession movement artists. Klimt's 'Beethoven Frieze' (1902) is housed in the gallery, although now moved to the basement in a room of different design Elsewhere in Vienna the Belvedere Palace Gallery has recreated the room as it would have originally looked, complete with decorative indoor pergola and panels by other artists: www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=klimt+beethoven+belvedere&h... , which seems more appropriate to the 'Gesamtkumstwerk' ('Total Work of Art') collaborative ethos that the Secessionists championed.