Nineteenth-century American painters employed the American landscape as a subject. One such artist was Thomas Cole, who focused on an area of the Connecticut River to create:

A. Kyoto.
B. Spiral Jetty.
C. A Sudden Gust of Wind.
D. The Oxbow.
E. None of these are correct.


D
Nature and our relationship to it are themes that have often been addressed through art. Thomas Cole's The Oxbow, which depicts the great looping bend (oxbow) of the Connecticut River as seen from the heights of nearby Mount Holyoke, in Massachusetts is an example of this theme.

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