Thomas Cole,Scene from Last of the
Mohicans”: Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund (1827)
Note that the
scene--Cora kneeling--is dwarfed by the landscape.
Juttings of
rocks—see Thoreau’s description of Ktaadn.
Tiny ring of
people is dwarfed by the the angular rocks. Cora’s helplessness is put into
perspective by this vision of the relative insignificance of man in nature.