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The Voyage of Life: Youth by Thomas Cole

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52451-voyage-life-youth

Cole’s renowned four-part series traces the journey of an archetypal hero along the „River of Life.“ Confidently assuming control of his destiny and oblivious to the dangers that await him, the voyager boldly strives to reach an aerial castle, emblematic of the daydreams of „Youth“ and its aspirations for glory and fame. As the traveler approaches his goal, the ever-more-turbulent stream deviates from its course and relentlessly carries him toward the next picture in the series, where nature’s fury, evil demons, and self-doubt will threaten his very existence.
A winged and haloed angel wearing a white robe stands on the bank of the river under

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Pont Neuf, Paris by Auguste Renoir

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52202-pont-neuf-paris

While his figure paintings are better known, Renoir’s landscapes resonate with a vigor and freshness of vision central to the development of impressionism, most apparent here in his transcription of the effects of sunlight. Midday sun suffuses the panorama, its intensity heightening the artist’s palette and suppressing incidental detail to clarify the crowded scene.
Opposite the flag, on the far bank, is a statue of a man on a horse, both on a tall

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Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos by Titian, Italian 16th Century

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/43725-saint-john-evangelist-patmos

According to legend, John the Evangelist was exiled by the emperor Domitian to the Greek island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Titian shows the saint as if on the peak of a mountain, reacting in awe and astonishment to the voice of God (“I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.
The aqua-colored sky fills most of the composition behind Saint John, and a bank

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The Voyage of Life: Childhood by Thomas Cole

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52450-voyage-life-childhood

Cole’s renowned four-part series traces the journey of an archetypal hero along the „River of Life.“ Confidently assuming control of his destiny and oblivious to the dangers that await him, the voyager boldly strives to reach an aerial castle, emblematic of the daydreams of „Youth“ and its aspirations for glory and fame. As the traveler approaches his goal, the ever-more-turbulent stream deviates from its course and relentlessly carries him toward the next picture in the series, where nature’s fury, evil demons, and self-doubt will threaten his very existence.
the lush riverbank fills the lower left corner of the composition; it and the far bank

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Kids West Building Tour: Featured Selections | National Gallery of Art

https://www.nga.gov/visit/tours-guides/audio-tours/kids-west-building-tour-featured-selections

Use your smartphone to explore a wide range of works through the voices of National Gallery of Art curators. Set your own pace by listening to as many stops as you like in the order you choose. Don’t forget to bring your headphones! To listen to information about a work of art, enter the stop number in the box below, select „go“, and press the play button when the stop appears.  
Back in his London studio, his sketchbooks served as a memory bank for ideas.

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The Baptism of Christ by Giovanni Baronzio

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/272-baptism-christ

This panel, along with The Birth, Naming, and Circumcision of Saint John the Baptist , and Madonna and Child with Five Angels were once part of the same altarpiece devoted to Saint John the Baptist (see Reconstruction ). The altarpiece’s original location is not known, though it was probably featured in a church dedicated to the saint in what is today the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, close to Giovanni Baronzio ’s home in Rimini.
hip-deep in a stylized river with a bearded man wearing a fur-like garment on a rocky bank

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