Tree of Life (Part 4)
Gustav Klimt (1910–1911)
Tree of Life (Part 4) stages a gilded axis where <strong>spiraling branches</strong>, <strong>amuletic eyes</strong>, and a <strong>black raptor</strong> compress growth, vigilance, and mortality into a single ornamental system. The mosaic-like bark and jewel-bright flower carpet root the image in fecund earth while the volutes coil upward toward the abstract and the eternal <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[6]</sup>.
