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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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