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These are visions of decadence and collapse, so typical of the Decadent movement, from Romanticism through avant-garde and film images.
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Visions of Decadence and Collapse
Thomas Cole: The Course of Empire
I: The Savage State, 1836
II: The Pastoral or Arcadian State, 1834
III: The Consummation of Empire, 1836
IV: Destruction, 1836
V: Desolation, 1836
Ruins
Ruins in an Oak GroveCaspar David Friedrich, 1810
Ruins by the SeaArnold Böcklin, 1880
Orgies Before the Collapse
The Death of SardanapalEugène Delacroix, 1828
The Romans of the DecadenceThomas Couture, 1847
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The SuitorsGustave Moreau, 1852
Warning, 1907Alexander Benois
Doomed Cities
Scene During the Eruption of Vesuvius,Joseph Franque, c. 1827
The Last Day of PompeiiKarel Briullov, 1836
Detail
The Last Days of BabylonGeorges Rochegrosse, 1891
BabylonFrantišek Kupka, 1906
Terror Antiquus, 1908Léon Bakst
The City: Prelude Mikolajus Čiurlionis, 1909
Illustration for The Other SideAlfred Kubin, 1909
City Dreams: The KissMikhail Dobuzhinsky, 1916
In the Burning CityJosef Váchal, 1927
The “Dead City”: Fernand Khnopff’sBruges-la-Morte
Abandoned City, 1904
Canal, 1904
The Hospital of St. John, c. 1904
Bruges: A Doorway, 1904
Memory of Bruges: The Entry to the Beguinage, 1904
Visions of the End
FloodFeodor Bruni, 1845
Finis: The End of All ThingsMaximilian Pirner, 1887
Death Makes All Equalor Third Future
Max Klinger, 1888
Wild ChaseFranz von Stuck, 1889
Demon in the Streets (The Demon of War)Karel Hlaváček, 1896
WarArnold Böcklin, 1896
WarArnold Böcklin, 1896
Death Pursuing HumanityJames Ensor, 1896
The PlagueArnold Böcklin, 1898
FamineAlfred Kubin, 1902
WarAlfred Kubin, 1902
EpidemicAlfred Kubin, 1903
The Man-GodJean Delville, 1903
The Last AngelNikolai Roerich, 1912
The Torch of WarAlfred Kubin, 1914
Manslaughter, Film StillCecil B. DeMille, 1922