The Course of Empire, The Savage State
The Course of Empire is a five-part series of paintings created by Thomas Cole in the years 1833-36. It is notable in part for reflecting popular American sentiments of the times, when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of human civilization, fearing that empire would lead to gluttony and inevitable decay. The first painting, The Savage State, shows the valley from the shore opposite the crag, in the dim light of a dawning stormy day. A hunter clad in skins hastens through the wilderness, pursuing a deer; canoes paddle up the river; on the far shore can be seen a clearing with a cluster of wigwams around a fire, the nucleus of the city that is to be. The visual references are those of Native American life.
Томас Коле (1801 – 1848)
Thomas Cole je srpski umetnik koji je osnovao školu Hudson River, poznatu po svojim romantičkim pejzažima i dubokom filozofskom kontekstu. Najpoznatiji su njegovi monumentalni ciklus "Kraj Imperije", koji prikazuje istorijski razvoj društva kroz perspektivu prirode i duhovnosti. Cole je bio jedan od prvih umetnika koji su oblikovali srpsku umetničku estetiku i inspirisali buduće generacije slikara
O ovom umetničkom delu
- Naslov: The Course of Empire, The Savage State
- Umetnik: Томас Коле
- Format: Panoramic
- Status autorskih prava: Javno vlasništvo
- Pokret: Hudson River School
- Paleta boja: Earthy
- Teme: landscape , royalty
