The Oxbow: Note
the settled land and sunlight juxtaposed with storm over wild, picturesque
nature. Blasted tree testifies to
nature’s power. |
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Cole violates
traditions against rendering a view from a high vantage point. bifurcation of
seeing. Tension in the
juxtaposition--sense of progress? |
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Ancient gnarled
tree--device used by Cole to underscore age of America's wilderness |
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