The Voyage of Life
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The Voyage of Life is a famous series of four allegorical landscape paintings by Thomas Cole that depict the stages of human life from childhood to old age.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical painting series
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painting series ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | key work of the Hudson River School ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Samuel Ward ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Thomas Cole ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christian allegory of life
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adulthood ⓘ childhood ⓘ journey of the human soul ⓘ old age ⓘ relationship between humanity and the divine ⓘ stages of human life ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| features | guardian angel ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical art
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landscape painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Voyage of Life
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Childhood (The Voyage of Life)
The Voyage of Life: Manhood ⓘ
surface form:
Manhood (The Voyage of Life)
The Voyage of Life: Old Age ⓘ
surface form:
Old Age (The Voyage of Life)
The Voyage of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Youth (The Voyage of Life)
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| hasTheme |
moral choice
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mortality ⓘ passage of time ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
The Voyage of Life
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Voyage of Life (first set)
The Voyage of Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Voyage of Life (second set)
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| inception |
1840
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early 1840s ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theology
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Romanticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (visual art) ⓘ |
| locationDepicted |
idealized natural landscapes
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river symbolizing the course of life ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | traveler in a boat ⓘ |
| movement | Hudson River School ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Thomas Cole ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 4 ⓘ |
| originallyExhibitedAt | New York ⓘ |
| partOf | American art history ⓘ |
| significantPlace | National Gallery of Art ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole | moral instruction about life’s stages ⓘ |
| usesSymbolism |
boat as human life
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landscape as spiritual condition ⓘ light and darkness as hope and peril ⓘ river as time ⓘ |
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The Voyage of Life: Youth
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The Voyage of Life: Childhood
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The Voyage of Life: Youth
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Childhood (The Voyage of Life)
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Youth (The Voyage of Life)
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The Voyage of Life (first set)
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The Voyage of Life (second set)
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The Voyage of Life: Childhood
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The Voyage of Life: Youth
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The Voyage of Life: Childhood
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The Voyage of Life: Youth
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The Voyage of Life series