This is a better-than-nothing survey of an early-Victorian American artist who deserves far better and, thrity years later, still hasn't really gotten one. The text and the quality of the reproductions are okay, but the selection of the art could be far better; Cole's magnum opus, his five-painting series illustrating the rise and fall of civilization, is only partially represented, whilst page after page of his pleasant but repetitive landscapes muscle their way in. ( )