Knight (Part 9)
Gustav Klimt (1910–1911)
Klimt’s Knight (Part 9) turns chivalry into a <strong>geometric icon</strong>: a vertical standard of stacked bars and checks flanked by <strong>ranks of circles and triangles</strong> that read as shields and studs. Set on a <strong>golden ground</strong> and crowned and undergirded by ornamental zones, it proclaims vigilance and ethical guardianship between the frieze’s figural scenes. <sup>[1]</sup>
