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| The Course of the Empire - Savage State (Oil, 1836) |
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is the first in Thomas Cole's "Course of the Empire" series. As
you view each of the paintings, notice how the sun rises and moves
through the sky. The mountain in the background remains
throughout, but in the foreground, considerable
changes take place. Cole chose something from Byron to help describe this
work: There is the moral of all human tales; 'This but the same reheasal of the past First Freedom, and then Glory: when that fails Wealth, vice, corruption Here are the links to each of the paintings: Second Painting - Third - Fourth - Last |
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