>>7837199for anyone curious, that image is a painting by thomas cole. it's the final entry in a series of paintings called The Course of Empire, which showed the progression of a civilization over time.
here is the third entry.
if you look closely at the right of frame, you can see a distinctive boulder on top of a cliff, which is present in all the Course of Empire paintings to establish continuity of the setting (you can see it in OP's image too).
