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Childhood In Thomas Cole's The Voyage Of Man
The piece of artwork that struck me the most was Thomas Cole's the voyage of man. The art gallery only had one painting from a series of four so I looked up the other two and really took in the flow of the four paintings together. I found it very interesting to see how the artist portrayed the different stages of life. He shows childhood as bright and easy by by representing it with a gently flowing river and sunny sky, which I find are accurate depictions of the early stages of life. The character of childhood is portrayed by a man in a boat who is simply along for the ride. The second painting portrays youth. This painting has much of the same scene as childhood but now the figure in the boat grabs firmly to the tiller symbolizing the start
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