| Title: | The Tree of Life from the Stoclet Frieze |
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| Notes: | Revelation 22:2 -- "On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations." -- Gustav Klimt designed a frieze combining mosaic with painted sections for the dining-room of the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. It consists of 15 marble panels, 6 feet high, representing an abundantly spreading Tree of Life. In its branches swarm brightly colored birds and butterflies. |
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| Date: | 1905-1911 |
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| Artist: | Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918 |
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| Object/Function: | Mosaic |
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| Material: | Mixed |
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| City/Town: | Brussels
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| Country: | Belgium
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| General Subject: | Tree of Life
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 1025G3
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| Attribution: | Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918. The Tree of Life from the Stoclet Frieze, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=46730 [retrieved October 8, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustav_Klimt_032.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 46730
Last Updated: 2021-08-18 05:24:40
Record Created: 2006-08-15 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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