“Día de los Muertos” why this day means so much to me... “BORN OF REVOLUTION: La CATRINA (NOT sugar skull) as the skeleton face is called/her originated with Jose Guadalupe Posada, considered the father of Mexican printmaking. Mexico City in 1888, he became the chief artist for Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, publisher of illustrated broadsides, street gazettes, chapbooks and other popular forms of literature, including songbooks for the popular “corridos” (my fav songs to sing!). He became famous for calaveras (skeleton) images that he wielded as political and social satire, poking fun at every imaginable human folly such as elitism. His influence on Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and other great artists of their generation was incalculable. La Catrina isn't your typical revolutionary babe, but her appearance has everything to do with the Mexican Revolution. Posada's working life paralleled the reign of dictator Porfirio Díaz, whose accomplishments in modernizing and bringing financial stability to Mexico pale against his government's repression, corruption, extravagance and obsession with all things European. Concentration of fantastic wealth in the hands of the privileged few brewed discontent in the hearts of the suffering many, leading to the 1910 rebellion that toppled Diaz in 1911 and became the Mexican Revolution.” This make up is the symbol of a whole country’s revolution!! If that isn’t #wonderwoman I don’t know what is! 💀💖 #dayofthedead #diadelosmuertos #diadelosmuertosaltar #altar #dead #memories #memorium #revolution #mexico #catrina #lacatrina #lacatrinamakeup #posada #halloween #rip #bookoflife (at Old Town San Diego State Historic Park)
