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The 14th capital of Austria Secessionist exhibition (1902) was dedicated to the apprehension and celebration of Ludwin van van van Beethoven. The famous and renowned German composer that had influenced thousands with his music. Gustav Klimt created his Beethoven frieze for this exhibition. The flirt of art was originally intended to be destroyed after the exhibition. It was utilize directly to the environs with light materials so that its removal would be quick and easy. The Beethoven frieze is painted a pine the upper half of three walls. The paintings of the walls tell a story with the left wall being the showtime and the right wall being the end. The work of art was a 34 meter long frieze and was applied onto the wall with casein paint, gold paint, chalk, and graphite on plaster. The Frieze survived because it was bought by a collector before the exhibition came to a close. The collector had it tell apart into 8 pieces for transportation and the Frieze was not seen for anoth er 80 years. Later, in 1973 the Austrian Republic bought and restored it and placed it on permanent display in the Vienna Secession Building.The first long wall of the Beethoven frieze marks the beginning of a story. It begins with a series of elongated female figures that seem to unravel along the top of an empty space. Their eyes ar closed and whatsoever have their arms extended in from of them as if they were trying to stir out to something. They almost seem to represent the souls appetency for peace and tranquility. Flowing into the background of the first predominant painting. This part of the Frieze shows, a family praying or begging to a noble knight. The family is completely naked with an layered intelligence of poverty and suffering. It shows the father and mother figure on their knees wit... ...e frieze bring out their place when they come upon a woman playing a lyre. The lyre signifies meter and music while the woman is a muse to for the human soul. The put up portion of the frieze shows the female figures once again but their arms are no longer reaching out and their faces have a sense of satisfaction. Their bodies are curved as if dancing to the sound of music. To the right of them thither is a choir of women that seem to be singing. Since the Frieze was painting for the celebration of Beethoven it is believed that the choir is singing ode to joy. In between the choir there is what seems to be an altar where a man and a woman are retentivity each other tightly. The sun and the moon hang on both side of the man and woman. This portion of the frieze has been titled A kiss to the humans. Neither of their heads are visible and their feet are bound together by water