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The Course of Empire - series of five paintings depicting the lifecycle of an empire en.wikipedia.org

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via epilys 2 years, 9 months ago | archived | plain text cache | source | 4 comments

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  mncmncmnc2 years, 9 months ago | link | reply | source

  One of my absolute favorite works of art. Every few months I ask the NY Historical Society if it is going back on public view. I'm desperate to see it IRL

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    epilys2 years, 9 months ago | link | reply | source

    Oh I'm so jealous! I want to see it as well but probably won't due to geography/distance.
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  stibium2 years, 9 months ago | link | reply | source

  That's incredible. Are there any more works that follow the same pattern?

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    epilys2 years, 9 months ago | link | reply | source

    I don't think so, but this Shelley sonnet, Ozymandias, is pretty close theme-wise.