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Kuldebar
07-27-2007, 01:05 PM
I ran across a part of this series over at Douglass Bartley's web link.

I liked what I saw and look what I found when I searched further. It's really cool and provoking, at least to me.

I: The Savage State

http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/kjohnso1/pictures/cole_savage.jpg


II: The Pastoral or Arcadian State

http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/kjohnso1/pictures/cole_pastoral.jpg


III: The Consummation of Empire

http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/kjohnso1/pictures/cole_consummation.jpg


IV: Destruction

http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/kjohnso1/pictures/cole_destruction.jpg


V: Desolation

http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/kjohnso1/pictures/cole_desolation.jpg


















SOURCE (http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/kjohnso1/colecourse.html)