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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Other => Topic started by: Frank3k on November 14, 2016, 01:33:11 AM

Title: 19th Century Whiff: "The Course of Empire" by Thomas Cole
Post by: Frank3k on November 14, 2016, 01:33:11 AM
I've always found this series of paintings by Thomas Cole from the mid-1800s to be thought provoking: The Course of Empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Course_of_Empire)

"The Savage State" (click for a bigger version):
 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg/800px-Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg)

"The Arcadian or Pastoral State" (click for a bigger version):
 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Arcadian_or_Pastoral_State_1836.jpg/800px-Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Arcadian_or_Pastoral_State_1836.jpg) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Arcadian_or_Pastoral_State_1836.jpg)

"The Consummation of Empire" (click for a bigger version):
 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836.jpg/800px-Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836.jpg) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836.jpg)

"Destruction" (click for a bigger version):
 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_Destruction_1836.jpg/800px-Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_Destruction_1836.jpg) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_Destruction_1836.jpg)

"Desolation" (click for a bigger version):
 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_Desolation_1836.jpg/800px-Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_Desolation_1836.jpg) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_Desolation_1836.jpg)
Title: Re: 19th Century Whiff: "The Course of Empire" by Thomas Cole
Post by: taiidantomcat on November 14, 2016, 03:43:24 AM
Wow!