Dome

View of the upper gallery, west wall; An exhibition hall was constructed under the direction of Joseph Maria Olbrich and was ready for the second Secession exhibition in 1898. Over the entrance was the inscription 'To each age its art, to art its freedom'. One of the first statements published by the group of artists set out principles very close to those of Viollet-le-Duc and Morris: 'We do not recognize any difference between great and minor art, between the art of the rich and that of the poor. Art belongs to all.' Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/21/2008)