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The Course of Empire: Destruction
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The fourth panel of Thomas Cole's five-part 1836 masterpiece, painted as a warning to a young America riding high on its own confidence: every empire that rises, falls. Nearly two centuries later, it reads less like art history and more like current events.
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The fourth panel of Thomas Cole's five-part 1836 masterpiece, painted as a warning to a young America riding high on its own confidence: every empire that rises, falls. Nearly two centuries later, it reads less like art history and more like current events.
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