“The Course of Empire”—art for our times.

[raccoon]

You gotta check this out.

Thomas Cole, an American painter of the Hudson River School, in 1836 completed a series of 5 paintings called “The Course of Empire.” Doing an Internet search on “Empire” several years ago I stumbled across his works.


http://web.sbu.edu/theology/bychkov/cole.html

[waiting for hope]

1. Chilling..

I was thinking about this the other day - It's like Rove, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the ilk all took tactics from the Rise of the Roman Empire - interesting, they didn't read all the way through to the end....

Edited for spelling

[MamaBear]

2. Something to think about.

I've forwarded this to my friends. See what they have to say.

[Syncronaut Seven]

3. Thank you!

Art in the morning makes me smile. :hi:

[raccoon]

4. Thomas Cole did another series, 4 paintings, about

the stages of life. I think it kicks butt too.