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‘Beethoven Frieze’ by Gustav Klimt

Stephen Smith steps inside Vienna's temple to Art Nouveau, the gold-domed Secession Building, to wonder at Gustav Klimt's dazzling Beethoven Frieze. Klimt’s 34-metre long masterpiece is on permanent display in the basement of the Secession, and famously celebrates Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (‘Ode to Joy’) and mankind’s longing for happiness.

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