The eponymous painting deals with Christopher Columbus's first landing in the New World. It depicts the event metaphorically rather than aiming for historical accuracy. Columbus is depicted not as a middle-aged mariner, but as an adolescent boy in a classical robe to symbolize America as a young continent with its best years ahead of it.
the eponymous painting deals with christopher columbus's first landing in the new world it depicts the event metaphorically rather than aiming for historical accuracy columbus is depicted not as a middle-aged mariner but as an adolescent boy in a classical robe to symbolize america as a young continent with its best years ahead of it