...specific one is special. I painted it when I had returned home after taking a trip to the Templo Mayor. While in the city, I purchased a woodcut canvas in one of the marketplaces to begin working on “Tenochtitlan.” I thought it would be appropriate to paint a picture of Tenochtitlan and present it to Hernan Cortes as a gift for his conquest of the Aztec empire. I thought that if he liked my painting, I can receive the recognition as an established artist that I wanted. I like to paint using a very basic method but my trademark is detail because I believe detail brings out the focus of the painting. I gathered all my painting material and headed out back to a little hut that I own. This is my work station, where my wife knows not to bother me. I painted this piece of art in 1524 after carefully listing all the characteristics of Tenochtitlan, double-checking that I did not miss any structures or lakes. I wanted to make sure that this painting gave off the feeling that Tenochtitlan is a high society and economically stabilized. I carefully began dividing my canvas into four major parts, adding streams and houses that had been built on top of chinampas. Believe it or not, the layout of Tenochtitlan was created like this on purpose. They wanted to make sure everyone in the city, whether they were poor or wealthy, to interact with one another in the middle of the city. Here, they added the Templo Mayor for political and religious purposes....
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