Some additional images to accompany final blog post

Thomas Cole: The Course of Empire: The Savage State, 1836

Cole, The Course of Empire: The Arcadian (or Pastoral) State, 1836

Cole, The Course of Empire: Consummation, 1836

I posted this to accompany my final blog post. There are 2 other paintings in the series that have to do with decadence, decline, and fall, and then, finally, the built environment being overtaken by nature.