Posada

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Printmaking, one of the most influential medium of art, developed from the production of images, are printed mostly on paper but can also be used on other items such as wood, parchment, fabric, and other various forms. Within printmaking come multiple ideas of prints. Ideas such as: relief, intaglio, surface- printing, stencil processes, and much more have been used. Within each area comes sub-content for the different forms. One of the most influential forms of printmaking happens to be engraving. Engraving is an intaglio process where the printing is made from the ink that lies beneath the top of the plate being used for print. Engraving is a technique that was developed in Germany and towards the north of Italy during the 15th century. Within …show more content…

Many printmakers made huge impacts with this technique, but one who seemed to make a huge input in society was printmaker Jose Guadalupe Posada. Posada was a born on February 2, 1852 in the city of Aguascalientes, San Marcos. His parents, German Posada and Petra Aguilar were also born and raised in the same city. Posada had two other sibling brothers, Cirilo and Ciriaco. Jose Posada as a child worked with his father in the fields and with his uncle in a factory of pottery. While working as a pottery maker, he developed such skill that allowed his hands too much quicker and move with such speed for shaping clay. During such a young time, Posada attended a drawing academy directed by Antonio Varela, but didn’t attend too long after. Posada’s brothers, Circilo was a teacher in …show more content…

This was a time where the war for independence was active in addition to the struggle for a liberal independent government became at its upmost violent stages. Several clans decided to band together in hopes to fighting for their rights as other people of communities in Mexico fought for freedom and equality. Instability in the Spanish colonies became more and more relevant because of this fight. Artist during this time flourished on the rich textures of the violent nature of their society in Mexico, but as Jose Posada sought the history in his own words, he left no stone un-turned and confronted art in such ways that he was a viewed as a hero to the Mexican people during this

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