The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole

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The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole is a celebrated group of four allegorical landscape paintings depicting the stages of human life from childhood to old age.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical artwork ⓘ
painting series ⓘ
artForm oil painting ⓘ
basedOn Christian moral themes ⓘ
collection National Gallery of Art ⓘ
surface form: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Thomas Cole ⓘ
depicts changing landscapes symbolizing life stages ⓘ
guardian angel guiding a traveler ⓘ
human life as a river journey ⓘ
describedBySource National Gallery of Art catalog ⓘ
art historical literature ⓘ
genre allegorical painting ⓘ
hasPart The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Childhood (The Voyage of Life)

The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Manhood (The Voyage of Life)

The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Age (The Voyage of Life)

The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Voyage of Life: Childhood

The Voyage of Life: Manhood ⓘ
The Voyage of Life: Old Age ⓘ
The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Voyage of Life: Youth

The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Youth (The Voyage of Life)
hasTheme divine providence ⓘ
moral choice ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ
spiritual journey ⓘ
inception 1840 ⓘ
1841 ⓘ
influencedBy Christian iconography ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
languageOfWork none (visual art) ⓘ
location National Gallery of Art ⓘ
mainSubject Christian allegory ⓘ
adulthood ⓘ
childhood ⓘ
old age ⓘ
stages of human life ⓘ
youth ⓘ
movement Hudson River School ⓘ
notableFor four-part life cycle structure ⓘ
symbolic use of landscape to represent human life ⓘ
notableWorkOf Thomas Cole ⓘ
numberOfWorks 4 ⓘ
partOf Hudson River School canon ⓘ
significantEvent acquired by National Gallery of Art ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Gallery of Art → notableWorkInCollection → The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole ⓘ
The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole → hasPart → The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Voyage of Life
this entity surface form: Childhood (The Voyage of Life)
The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole → hasPart → The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Voyage of Life
this entity surface form: Youth (The Voyage of Life)
The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole → hasPart → The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Voyage of Life
this entity surface form: Manhood (The Voyage of Life)
The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole → hasPart → The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Voyage of Life
this entity surface form: Old Age (The Voyage of Life)
The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole → hasPart → The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Voyage of Life
this entity surface form: The Voyage of Life: Childhood
The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole → hasPart → The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Voyage of Life
this entity surface form: The Voyage of Life: Youth