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Destruction | Thomas Cole | 1836

Destruction | Thomas Cole | 1836

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Thomas Cole's "The Course of Empire" is a five-part series of paintings created between 1833 and 1836, depicting the rise and fall of an imaginary empire. The series traces the cyclical nature of civilization, beginning with "The Savage State," where nature is untamed and humanity is in its infancy. This is followed by "The Arcadian or Pastoral State," illustrating the harmony between humans and nature, and then "The Consummation of Empire," where opulence and grandeur reach their peak. The fourth painting, "Destruction," captures the inevitable downfall through chaos and violence. Finally, "Desolation" shows a return to nature, with the remnants of civilization overtaken by the wilderness. Cole's series is a powerful commentary on the transitory nature of human achievement and the inevitability of decline.
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  • Title The Course of Empire: Destruction
  • Artist Thomas Cole
  • Year of creation 1836 (the fourth painting in Cole's allegorical series "The Course of Empire," commissioned by New York merchant Luman Reed; depicts the violent sacking and burning of the empire's great city by an invading army, with bridges collapsing, ships ablaze in the harbor, and the headless statue of a warrior god in the foreground, marking the cataclysmic fall of civilization between "The Consummation of Empire" and "Desolation")
  • Technique/Medium Oil on canvas
  • Original dimensions 99.5 x 161.3 cm
  • Collection/Museum New-York Historical Society, New York (Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1858; accession no. 1858.4)

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