Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Voyage of Life

The Voyage of Life[edit]

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Childhood
Youth
Manhood
Old age

Caption: From the article: "The Voyage of Life, painted by Thomas Cole in 1842, is a series of paintings that represent an allegory of the four stages of human life: childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The paintings follow a voyager who travels in a boat on a river through the mid-19th-century American wilderness. In each painting, accompanied by a guardian angel, the voyager rides the boat on the River of Life. The landscape, corresponding to the seasons of the year, plays a major role in telling the story. In each picture, the boat's direction of travel is reversed from the previous picture. In childhood, the infant glides from a dark cave into a rich, green landscape. As a youth, the boy takes control of the boat and aims for a shining castle in the sky. In manhood, the adult relies on prayer and religious faith to sustain him through rough waters and a threatening landscape. Finally, the man becomes old and the angel guides him to heaven across the waters of eternity."
Reason: Probably the best paintings FP set I can think of. All of them are in the same article, and they are meant to be seen together. Also, I'm not too sure we've got anything by this artist featured.
Articles in which this image appears: The Voyage of Life, and others
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Thomas Cole

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:14, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support set. ///EuroCarGT 20:52, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support set. Hafspajen (talk) 00:06, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support set. Interesting. Brandmeister^talk 08:38, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support set. Yes, indeed an interesting set and nice concept with good EV. SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:51, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support set. Very nice, good EV and good as a set. Yakikaki (talk) 16:09, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice, particularly as a set.--Godot13 (talk) 02:05, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life Childhood, 1842 (National Gallery of Art).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Thomas Cole - The Ages of Life - Youth - WGA05140.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life, 1842, National Gallery of Art.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life Old Age, 1842 (National Gallery of Art).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:15, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]