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 |
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| instanceOf |
allegorical artwork
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painting series ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| basedOn | Christian moral themes ⓘ |
| collection |
National Gallery of Art
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| creator | Thomas Cole ⓘ |
| depicts |
changing landscapes symbolizing life stages
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guardian angel guiding a traveler ⓘ human life as a river journey ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
National Gallery of Art catalog
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art historical literature ⓘ |
| genre | allegorical painting ⓘ |
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Childhood (The Voyage of Life)
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Manhood (The Voyage of Life)
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Old Age (The Voyage of Life)
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The Voyage of Life: Childhood
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The Voyage of Life: Youth
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Youth (The Voyage of Life)
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| hasTheme |
divine providence
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moral choice ⓘ mortality ⓘ passage of time ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
| inception |
1840
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1841 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian iconography
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Romanticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (visual art) ⓘ |
| location | National Gallery of Art ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian allegory
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adulthood ⓘ childhood ⓘ old age ⓘ stages of human life ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| movement | Hudson River School ⓘ |
| notableFor |
four-part life cycle structure
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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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