Landscape—Scene from ‘Thanatopsis’ by Asher Brown Durand

This 1850 painting was inspired by William Cullen Bryant's poem "Thanatopsis." While the
focus on the realism of the landscape is prominent, it also has a mythical undertone to it. This
aspect of the painting is revealed by the layers of stories within the landscape which explores
human relation to its environment.
Landscape—Scene from ‘Thanatopsis’ by Asher Brown Durand
This 1850 painting was inspired by William Cullen Bryant's poem "Thanatopsis." While the
focus on the realism of the landscape is prominent, it also has a mythical undertone to it. This
aspect of the painting is revealed by the layers of stories within the landscape which explores
human relation to its environment.
Landscape—Scene from ‘Thanatopsis’ by Asher Brown Durand
This 1850 painting was inspired by William Cullen Bryant's poem "Thanatopsis." While the
focus on the realism of the landscape is prominent, it also has a mythical undertone to it. This
aspect of the painting is revealed by the layers of stories within the landscape which explores
human relation to its environment.