Author : Mercurio López Casillas
Publisher : Editorial Rm
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Images of death in Mexican prints by : Mercurio López Casillas
Download or read book Images of death in Mexican prints written by Mercurio López Casillas and published by Editorial Rm. This book was released on 2008 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two centuries, Mexican culture has kept up a unique dialogue with the fact of death, rather than defying it as most contemporary cultures are wont to do. Today, Mexico even boasts a Museum of Death (in Aguascalientes), filled with Pre-Columbian sculpture and pottery, reproductions of ancient Indian codices depicting human sacrifices, colonial-era artworks, skeletons, artisanþs toys and works by the countless Modern artists who have treated the theme. It is, of course, in Mexicoþs arts that the blend of respect and irreverence for death and the afterlife is made most clear. This is a survey of the subject from pre-Hispanic times to the comic pages of contemporary Mexican newspapers. The book examines the long tradition of representing death and skeleton figures that leads up to Posada, and traces the influence of this great popular engraver in the work of many other twentieth-century artists, including those of the Taller de Gráfica Popular workshop, like Leopoldo Méndez. Readers of this richly illustrated book will also be fascinated by early colonial examples of calaveras, or skeleton caricatures. Images of Death is a colorful and lively deterrent against our habitual inclination to take the Grim Reaper too seriously. For enthusiasts of Mexican folk art, underground comics, tattoo art, the occult and more.