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Refer
to "Thanatopsis"
Kindred
Spirits. Asher Durand, 1849
The
painter Thomas Cole (right) and William Cullen Bryant, poet.
"To him who in the love
of Nature holds/Communion with her visible forms...."
How many possible
"kindred spirits" does this painting portray?
Refer also to Bryant's poem "To
Thomas Cole"
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Woodland
Glen. Asher Durand, 1855
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The
Symbol. Asher Durand 1856
"All
in one mighty sepulchre...."
What do you think is
the symbol in the painting, and what does it symbolize?
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Refer
to "To a Waterfowl"
Twilight
in the Wilderness. Frederick
Church, 1860
"Wither,
midts falling dew,/While glow the heavens with the last steps of
day,/Far, through their rosey depths, dost thou pursue/Thy solitary
way?"
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Refer
to "The Yellow Violet"
"The
yellow violet's modest bell/Peeps from the last year's leaves below."
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Refer
to "To the Fringed Gentian"
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