calaveras, muerte, y posada

cuando estudiando la historía de día de muertos en mi clase "Conociendo a la muerte," concimos con los mitos de Tezcatlipoca, pero para entender los imágenes de la festividad de hoy (described as Fourth of July, Halloween and Christmas all rolled into one), necesita aprender sobre el artista gráfica José Guadalupe Posada:

Much of his work was also published insensationalistic broadsides depicting various current events. Posada's best known works are his calaveras, which often assume various costumes, such as the Calavera de la Catrina, the "Calavera of the Female Dandy", which was meant to satirize the life of the upper classes during the reign of Porfirio Díaz. Most of his imagery was meant to make a religious or satirical point. Since his death, however, his images have become associated with the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos, the "Day of the Dead".

Unos de los imagenes son aqui. Fue el Mark Twain y Thomas Nast de México. And his calaveras are cool as fuck.