The Tree of Life
Gustav Klimt (1910–1911 (design; mosaic installed 1911))
Gustav Klimt’s The Tree of Life crystallizes a <strong>cosmological axis</strong> in a gilded ornamental language: a rooted trunk erupts into <strong>endless spirals</strong>, embedded with <strong>eye-like rosettes</strong> and shadowed by a black, red‑eyed bird. Designed as part of the Stoclet dining‑room frieze, it fuses <strong>symbolism and luxury materials</strong> to link earthly abundance with timeless transcendence <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.
