Art, Symbol & Imagination
Ruined Columns beside the Sea
Tall stone columns and a damaged entablature rise above a slope of rubble and grass. Pale water and a clouded horizon extend beyond the ruins. The image places the traces of human civilisation within the immense timescales considered in Flammarion’s novel.
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Illustrator not identified. "Ruined Columns beside the Sea" [editorial title]. In Omega: The Last Days of the World, Camille Flammarion; multiple illustrators credited in the supplied title. New York: The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company; undated title, copyright 1894 by J. B. Walker., undated edition, The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company. Source scan leaf 70. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0405-0064
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Omega: The Last Days of the WorldCamille Flammarion; multiple illustrators credited in the supplied titleUndated editionMore from this book
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Illustrator not identified. Ruined Columns beside the Sea. Omega: The Last Days of the World. Scan leaf 70. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0405-0064