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The Course of Empire

series of 5 paintings by Thomas Cole
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The Course of Empire

Summary

The Course of Empire is a painting series[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of painting_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Course of Empire is the creator of Thomas Cole[3].
  • The Course of Empire's image is recorded as The Course of Empire - Thomas Cole GIF quick.gif[4].
  • The Course of Empire's instance of is recorded as painting series[5].
  • The Course of Empire's commissioned by is recorded as Luman Reed[6].
  • The Course of Empire's movement is recorded as Hudson River school[7].
  • The Course of Empire's genre is recorded as landscape painting[8].
  • The Course of Empire's collection is recorded as New York Historical[9].
  • The Course of Empire's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 304908783[10].
  • The Course of Empire's GND ID is recorded as 1036719707[11].
  • The Course of Empire's Commons category is recorded as The Course of Empire by Thomas Cole[12].
  • The Course of Empire's has part is recorded as The Course of Empire: The Savage State[13].
  • The Course of Empire's has part is recorded as The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State[14].
  • The Course of Empire's has part is recorded as The Course of Empire: Consummation[15].
  • The Course of Empire's has part is recorded as The Course of Empire: Destruction[16].
  • The Course of Empire's has part is recorded as The Course of Empire: Desolation[17].
  • The Course of Empire's catalog code is recorded as 1 (series of five)[18].
  • +1833-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Course of Empire[19].
  • The Course of Empire's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.77916666666667, 'lon': -73.97416666666666}[20].
  • The Course of Empire's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027z3f9[21].
  • The Course of Empire's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Course-of-Empire[22].
  • The Course of Empire's schematic is recorded as The Course of Empire Installation Diagram.jpg[23].

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Works and Contributions

The Course of Empire is the creator of Thomas Cole[3].

Why It Matters

The Course of Empire ranks in the top 2% of painting_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,107 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Thomas Cole

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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