Painting of the day:
Jacques-Louis David
The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons ~ 1789
Louvre
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Category: My pinacoteca
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The Course of Empire
The Course of Empire is a five-part series of paintings created by Thomas Cole in 1833-1836. It reflected popular American sentiments of the times when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of human civilization, fearing that empire would lead to gluttony and inevitable decay.
The Savage State ~ 1834
New York Historical Society
The Arcadian or Pastoral State ~ 1834
New York Historical Society
The Consummation of Empire ~ 1835-1836
New York Historical Society
Destruction ~ 1835-1836
New York Historical Society
Desolation ~ 1836
New York Historical Society
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The Return
Painting of the day:
Thomas Cole
The Return ~ 1837
The Corcoran Gallery of Art
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Il Penseroso
Painting of the day:
Thomas Cole
Il Penseroso ~ 1845
Art of the Americas Building
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An evening in Arcadia
Painting of the day:
Thomas Cole
An evening in Arcadia ~ 1843
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA
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The Architect’s dream
Painting of the day:
Thomas Cole
The Architect’s dream ~ 1840
Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio
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Dream of Arcadia
Painting of the day:
Thomas Cole
Dream of Arcadia ~ 1838
Denver Art Museum
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The Accolade (detail)
Painting of the day:
Edmund Blair Leighton
The Accolade (detail) ~ 1901
Private collection
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I piaceri del poeta
Painting of the day:
Giorgio de Chirico
I piaceri del poeta ~ 1911
Basel, private collection
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La torre rossa
Painting of the day:
Giorgio de Chirico
La torre rossa ~ 1913
Guggenheim Museum