Thomas Cole1836

The Course of Empire — Destruction

"The elements shall melt with fervent heat" (2 Pet 3:10) — Cole's burning city visualizes the Petrine conflagration.

The Course of Empire — Destruction
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Depicted passages

2 Peter 3:10-13Primary

About Thomas Cole

1801–1848 · American (English-born)

American Romantic landscape painter, founder of the Hudson River School. His allegorical cycles The Voyage of Life (1842) and The Course of Empire (1836) are visual sermons.

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