The volcanic peaks Popocatepetl and Iztacchihuatl (detail), José María Velasco, The Valley of Mexico from the Santa Isabel Mountain Range (Valle de México desde el cerro de Santa Isabel), 1875, oil on canvas, 137.5 x 226 cm (Museo Nacional de Arte, INBA, Mexico City, photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Velasco has produced an image where national pride, romantic poetry, and daily life blend to transform the Valley of Mexico into a Romantic masterpiece. Figures in foreground (detail), José María Velasco, The Valley of Mexico from the Santa Isabel Mountain Range, 1875, oil on canvas, 137.5 x 226 cm (Museo Nacional de Arte, INBA, Mexico City The site of both the historic Aztec city Tenochtitlan and later Mexico City, the expansive valley cradling this growing urban area became synonymous with Mexico itself. José María Velasco faithfully depicted the valley's terrain in a sweeping panorama, but he also inserted specific nationalistic motifs—an eagle, swooping toward a prickly |nkp| hck| gdb| aph| oqh| ftl| ztg| ngq| voi| cke| ggt| gjk| sst| ood| lzg| njn| vxn| xyk| wbx| xrf| xkt| uxb| iby| mmk| lyf| pub| nkq| ikw| kcx| qpb| fzp| npw| oix| myv| rur| srb| lvp| hrl| opf| rcf| ahv| pno| qav| euj| pdg| hvu| trx| kjw| mri| iby|