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What's In a Name? Interpreting Thomas Cole's "Course of Empire"
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Thomas Cole, "The Course of Empire: Destruction (detail)," 1836, oil on canvas, 39 ¼ x 63 ½ in., New-York Historical Society
Join us for the 14th annual Raymond Beecher Lecture presented by Alan Wallach, PhD, Ralph H. Wark Professor of Art and Art History Emeritus and Professor of American Studies Emeritus, College of William & Mary. Dr. Alan Wallach explores Cole's epic series and how it embodies the artist's concern about the future of the United States.
