Thomas Cole is one of my favorite painters. Not only was he the founder of the Hudson River school of landscape painters in the Romantic style, but he did two fascinating series with religious and historical implications. See links below to his series “The Voyage of Life” and “The Course of Empire.”
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Nice article. Please check this out if you get a minute. http://segmation.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/thomas-cole-founder-of-the-hudson-river-school-www-segmation-com/. Thanks!