Embodied by a swarm of airborne predators, the follies of an irrational society haunt an artist’s dreams.
Sarah C. Schaefer
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Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
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Inspired by sixth-century Byzantine mosaics in Ravenna, Klimt embellished this portrait with layers of paint, gesso, and gold and silver leaf.