Fellow Artists inspired by Thomas Cole's "The Course of Empire" - The Rise and Fall of Los Angelas by Sandow Birk

The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles

A series of five landscape paintings based on Thomas Cole's series "The Course of Empire".

The series follows the course of Western Civilization as epitomized by the City of Los Angeles, from prehistoric times to the present day, to an imagined future. The setting for each scene is the same view of the L.A. basin and the Hollywood Hills. 

"The Course of Empire: The Savage State" 
Oil on Canvas, 1995. 54" x 63

The Course of Empire: The Pastoral State" 
Oil on Canvas, 1995. 54" x 63

"The Course of Empire: Consummation of Empire"" 
Oil on Canvas, 1995. 64" x 88

"The Course of Empire: Destruction of Empire" 
Oil on Canvas, 1995. 54" x 63"

"The Course of Empire: Desolation" 
Oil on Canvas, 1995. 54" x 63"

All these works are originally from the website: 

http://www.sandowbirk.com/paintings/the-rise-and-fall-of-los-angeles/

All pictures are copyrighted by Sandow Birk in 1995.