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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Target entity: The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole Context triple: [National Gallery of Art, notableWorkInCollection, The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole]
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Target entity: The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole Target entity description: 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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A.
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze is a famous 1851 history painting depicting George Washington’s perilous nighttime crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War, celebrated as an iconic image of American patriotism and heroism.
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Eastman Johnson
Eastman Johnson was a prominent 19th-century American painter, often called the “American Rembrandt,” known for his genre scenes and portraits that captured everyday life and notable figures of his time.
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D.
Madame X by John Singer Sargent
"Madame X" is an 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its striking depiction of socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau and for the scandal it caused in Parisian society upon its first exhibition.
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E.
El Camino Real
El Camino Real is a historic and major thoroughfare in California that traces the route connecting the state’s early Spanish missions and now serves as a key commercial and commuter corridor through many Peninsula and South Bay communities.
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Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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surface form:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
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 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole
self-linksurface differs
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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)
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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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Subject: The Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole Description of subject: 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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