Gustav Klimt, Beethoven Frieze: Floating Genii
The yearning for happiness (symbolized by the floating female figures of the first panel).
Gustav Klimt,
Beethoven Frieze: Suffering Humanity, Knight in Shining Armor
Suffering humanity (kneeling couple and girl standing behind them): their pleas to the knight in shining armor (the man in golden armor with a sword) as the external driving force, compassion and ambition (the female figures behind the knight) as internal motivation moving him to take up the fight for happiness.
Suffering humanity (kneeling couple and girl standing behind them): their pleas to the knight in shining armor (the man in golden armor with a sword) as the external driving force, compassion and ambition (the female figures behind the knight) as internal motivation moving him to take up the fight for happiness.
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