<n>Thomas Cole</n>'s 1836 painting <n>The Course of Empire: Destruction</n>, cover of the <n>Rotting Christ</n> album <n>Pro Xristou</n>.

<n>The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire</n> (1836) by <n>Thomas Cole</n>, commissioned by <n>Luman Reed</n>.

<n>Enlightenment</n>, a 2013 painting by artist <n>Mi-Young Choi</n>.

<n>Young Woman Holding a Sunflower</n> (c. 1647) by Dutch artist <n>Bartholomeus van der Helst</n>.

A digital illustration for the <n>Manero Challenge</n>, an art prompt by artist <n>Ittai Manero</n>.

A view of Rome's <n>Tiber</n> river and <n>Saint Peter's Basilica</n> by artist <n>Rudolf Wiegmann</n>, 1834.

<n>The Clay and the Potter</n> (2014), a photograph by <n>Aitor Frías</n> and <n>Cecilia Jiménez</n>.

<n>Modern Rome</n> (1757) by <n>Giovanni Paolo Panini</n>, featuring sculptures by <n>Michelangelo</n> and <n>Gian Lorenzo Bernini</n>.

Detail from <n>Roger Freeing Angelica</n> (1819) by <n>Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres</n>.

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