Talk:The Voyage of Life

Reference system

The reference system in this article is complex. Unless I am missing something, is there a reason why it can't be changed to use footnotes with cite.php (with <ref>)? cite.php can be difficult to keep track of, but this system is very cumbersome. Gracenotes^T § 01:02, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Measures

The paintings are much larger than 30 x 40 cm. Could someone correct this ? ----152.23.83.174 (talk) 13:46, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Two Versions

The captions below the paintings shown refer to the National Gallery of Art, but the paintings actually appear to be the other versions in NYC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.80.61 (talk) 13:34, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

The originals of this series are in the Munson-Williams Proctor Institute in Utica, NY, on a commission from Samuel Ward, Sr., in 1839. While Cole was living in Rome, NY, he decided to paint a completely new set in 1842. This second version is the one in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruggerjvd (talk • contribs) 13:43, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

File:Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life Childhood, 1842 (National Gallery of Art).jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life Childhood, 1842 (National Gallery of Art).jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on January 27, 2020. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2020-01-27. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:37, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Picture of the day

Childhood is the first in a series of allegorical oil-on-canvas paintings by American artist Thomas Cole, entitled The Voyage of Life, which represent man's journey through life. In the painting, an infant sits in a boat guided by an angel. The vessel glides out of a dark, craggy cave, which Cole described as being "emblematic of our earthly origin, and the mysterious past". The landscape is lush; everything is calm and basking in warm sunshine, reflecting the innocence and joy of childhood. The river is smooth and narrow, symbolizing the sheltered experience of childhood, and the figurehead on the prow holds an hourglass aloft. This painting, along with the other three in the series, was painted in 1842 and is held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.Painting credit: Thomas Cole