Thomas Cole1836

The Course of Empire — The Arcadian or Pastoral State

"The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1) — Cole's Arcadian state visualizes the prophesied pastoral peace.

The Course of Empire — The Arcadian or Pastoral State
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Depicted passages

Isaiah 35:1-10Primary

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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