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Hey, so just created the page on 1/27/07. Mdiamante 06:46, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This page should probably reference Bishop Berkeley's line "Westward, the course of empire takes its way". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.20.157 (talk) 13:53, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Paintings

How big are they. You know, the Size? Anyone ... anyone ... Buhler? 71.164.128.167 (talk) 05:00, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This page needs most of the content from http://www.explorethomascole.org/tour/items/69/series/; site run by Historicusinc.com for their client, ThomasCole.org, "an affiliated site of the National Park Service". Two items in particular: 1. The title of this series of paintings is taken from Bishop George Berkeley's poem "Westward the course of empire takes its way", 2. The sizes, dates, and composition of the paintings: All are "Oil on canvas", "The Savage State" 1834, 39½ x 63½ in., "The Arcadian or Pastoral State" 1834, 39½ x 63½ in., "The Consummation of Empire" 1836, 51 x 76 in., "Destruction" 1836, 39½ x 63½ in., "Desolation" 1836, 39½ x 63½ in. 71.164.128.167 (talk) 19:43, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added the sizes and dates to the image thumbnails. Feel free to move them around if you find a better solution. Also, be bold if you think any change would make the article better! Cheers, jonkerz ♠ 20:23, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks jonkerz♠. I'm pretty bold, for a n00b -- I thought anyone watching this page would know better how & where to insert the info. I was right. Again. ;) BTW, an excellent Cultural Reference would be here: http://courseofempire.com/mp3/ 71.164.128.167 (talk) 16:02, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Latin quote

"Sic transit gloria mundi" is directly connected to these paintings how? It looks like pure editorial to me. 71.164.128.167 (talk) 19:44, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is not removed. jonkerz ♠ 20:24, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And yet, it is gone. Thanks ... As everyone knows, there are dozens, if not hundreds of sites that copy WP content -- I found many that have these descriptions of the paintings, most of which not only included the Latin quote, but an English translation of it. All the descriptions were added on 1 April 2007 by 76.201.155.223, and I could not find the text existing any earlier anywhere else that could be dated, so hopefully it is original -- nice job & thanks to 76.201.155.223. BTW jonkerz♠, how did your edits timestamp an hour before mine‽‽ 71.164.128.167 (talk) 15:35, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The timestamp in the article history or on this talk page? Your timestamp is before mine on the talk page (19:44 vs. 20:24 in the above messages) because you edited before me; my timestamp is earlier in the article history because on that occasion I edited before you, at least according to my memory and the page's history. Are we looking at different logs‽‽ jonkerz ♠ 21:17, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cole Thomas The Course of Empire The Savage State 1836.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Cole Thomas The Course of Empire The Savage State 1836.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on December 9, 2019. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2019-12-09. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:49, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The Savage State is the first in a series of five paintings entitled The Course of Empire, created by American artist Thomas Cole between 1833 and 1836. The series depicts the growth and fall of an imaginary city, situated on the lower end of a river valley. This first painting shows the scenery before the civilizing influence of men change the landscape. A hunter clad in skins runs through the wilderness pursuing a fleeing deer, canoes paddle up the river and a few tipis cluster around a campfire. The visual references are those of aboriginal North American life, and the painting depicts the ideal state of the natural world, serene and unspoiled by humanity.Painting credit: Thomas Cole

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-Should the picture of the paintings be in order once clicked for a closeup? [[User:J.Turner99|J.Turner99]] ([[User talk:J.Turner99|talk]]) 19:08, 16 December 2019 (UTC)