Jurisprudence | Gustav Klimt | 1907 Frame Style:Black Frame "That Two Thousand Yard Stare"

"That Two Thousand Yard Stare" by Thomas Lea (1944) is a powerful wartime painting depicting the haunting psychological toll of war

straining against wind and water

The painting features the artist in the foreground

Pub Date: February 25

This delicate black-and-white print shows a mother and child sitting on a wall

Jurisprudence | Gustav Klimt | 1907 Frame Style:Black Frame "That Two Thousand Yard Stare"Gustav Klimt Jurisprudence (18991907). This haunting and symbolic illustration by Gustav Klimt was part of a controversial series created for the University of Viennas Great Hall ceiling. Jurisprudence depicts a dramatic vision of justice, not as a symbol of clarity or order, but of human suffering and judgment. At the center, a naked man is shown bound and vulnerable, encircled by a monstrous, octopus like creatureperhaps symbolizing fate, sin, or