Description
The painting "Valle de México taken in the Lomas de Tacubaya" by José María Velasco represents a milestone in the history of Mexican landscape art of the nineteenth century. This work, carried out in 1888, is inserted within a context where national identity was debated between colonial inheritance and the search for its own style that reflected the wealth of Mexican geography and culture. Velasco, known as the most prodigious landscape of Mexico, achieves in this work a synthesis between the reality and the idealization of the landscape, a recurring theme in his artistic career.
From a compositional perspective, the painting displays a vast panorama that invites the viewer to a visual exploration of the Valley of Mexico. The clouds, which extend in an ethereal dream on the horizon, interact with sunlight, creating a dynamic effect that provides a sense of movement and continuity in the landscape. The magnitude of the volcanoes, with the Popocatépetl and the Iztaccíhuatl in the background, become not only geographical elements, but into symbols of a deeply rooted national identity. Velasco manages to represent the greatness of Mexican nature, in an attempt to make the landscape a reference of the nation.
The color plays a fundamental role in the work. Velasco uses a rich and varied palette, dominated by green, blue and ocher tones, which suggest both the fertility of the valley and the climate game of the region. The transition between the different planes of the landscape, from the closest elements in the foreground to the distant in the background, is achieved with subtlety, transmitting an incredible depth. The light, harmonically distributed, reinforces the three -dimensionality of the scene, leading the viewer to feel that he is looking through a window to the natural world.
Interestingly, in this work, the presence of human figures is almost non -existent; This could be interpreted as a deliberate gesture of the artist for giving primacy to nature. Not including characters or elements that interrupt the landscape, Velasco invites you to contemplate the environment in its purity and splendor. The absence of the human figure highlights the unbarkable greatness of the Mexican landscape and emphasizes the sense of the sublime of nature.
This work is within romanticism and realism, movements that discovered the beauty of nature as a refuge in the face of industrialization and progress. Velasco distances himself from classical idealization, presenting a dignification of the real landscape, which is a constant in his works and of which "Valle de México" is erected as a powerful testimony. In addition to this work, we can point out others of its authorship as "the Valley of Mexico" or "The Desert" that show the same dedication to the landscape and the same approach to light and color.
In conclusion, "Valle de México taken in the Lomas de Tacubaya" is a work that encapsulates not only an extraordinary technical vision, but also embodies the essence of a time in which art was used as a means to explore and affirm the identity national. Through this work, Velasco offers us a reverent tribute to the Mexican landscape, making it an indisputable protagonist of the visual narrative of his time. The work is not only a delight for the senses, but also a reminder of the wealth and diversity that characterizes the country, a legacy that continues to resonate in contemporary art.
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