These works were painted by Thomas Cole (1801-1848) in the years immediately after The Last of the Mohicans was published in 1826 (with the exception of the last painting, which is from the 1840s). The first four paintings all depict scenes from the novel. Click on a painting to see a larger version.
Consider these questions:
1) How does Cole depict the relationship of the land to the humans? Although the scenes that these paintings depict take place at the end of the novel--in Thursday's reading--to what extent can you identify particular characters or any particular dynamic between characters? How does he depict American Indians vs. white characters?
2) How would you compare Cole's aesthetic to Cooper's? Despite the different artistic modes, what similarities might we identify in the ways they depict the American landscape? What feelings and emotions do you derive from Cole's paintings? What impression of America and its land and culture do you think he wants to impart?
3) Pay attention to Cole's use of color, shading, and light/dark. What techniques and patterns do you see? What objects does he choose to depict?
Consider these questions:
1) How does Cole depict the relationship of the land to the humans? Although the scenes that these paintings depict take place at the end of the novel--in Thursday's reading--to what extent can you identify particular characters or any particular dynamic between characters? How does he depict American Indians vs. white characters?
2) How would you compare Cole's aesthetic to Cooper's? Despite the different artistic modes, what similarities might we identify in the ways they depict the American landscape? What feelings and emotions do you derive from Cole's paintings? What impression of America and its land and culture do you think he wants to impart?
3) Pay attention to Cole's use of color, shading, and light/dark. What techniques and patterns do you see? What objects does he choose to depict?
"Scene from 'The Last of the Mohicans':
Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tanemund" (1827)
"Landscape Scene from 'The Last of the Mohicans'" (1827)
"Landscape with Figures:A Scene from 'The Last of the Mohicans'" (1826)
"Indian Sacrifice" (1827)
"Indian at Sunset" (1845-47)
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