"The picture is The Course of Empire: Destruction (1836) by Thomas Cole. The fourth in a series of five depicting the rise and fall of an ancient city, the entire cycle is in the New York Historical Society. The colossal statue in the foreground is modeled after the Borghese Gladiator (Louvre)."
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Slowest train wreck ever.
OT: Some guy just tried to dunk over a Denny's pancake mascot on TV and failed miserably. It might be the best thing I've seen in a long time.
Secretly recorded footage of the exchange:
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Of what is that painting? Siege of Troy? Atlantis sinking?
The cliff in the background looks like Diamond Head in Oahu.
The Sack of Rome in 410 by the Visigoths of Aleric. Don't know the artist.
From
[ http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia… ]
"The picture is The Course of Empire: Destruction (1836) by Thomas Cole. The fourth in a series of five depicting the rise and fall of an ancient city, the entire cycle is in the New York Historical Society. The colossal statue in the foreground is modeled after the Borghese Gladiator (Louvre)."
Cool. Thanks.
Saved himself some major butthurt, and it is only just begun.