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
disrespectful it isn’t, in mocking the dead with Calacas and Calaveras, we accept it and honor it, instead of fearing it. Craftwork of skulls and skeletons are commonly seen in ofrendas and ground street festivals. Skulls The biggest cultural key symbol for Day of the Dead is the calavera. Calaveras reminds us that death is real, it is part of the circle of life, and it’s a point we will all have to reach. We will all eventually end up looking like a calavera after we pass away, merely bones. The ... ... middle
and skeletons.”(1) The festival inspires people to create skulls, or Calaveras. They are decorated and eaten in tradition. Along with celebrations, skeleton use in art is important to the Mexican
pre-Columbian, contemporary Chicano artists also like to use the image of the skull. However, instead of using it as a symbol relate to the spiritual, the artists use it as an image to represent them in the reality. For example, Posada painted Calavera Catrina as "she stands for the soul of Mexico with the European hat indicating the degree of change that Diaz has created in making Mexico more like Europe"(review PowerPoint). If most the pre-Columbian mural has the historical theme, then most of the
What it shows? Coco is a fun, animated movie that tells a deeply touching story of a 12-year-old boy dreaming of becoming a musician and who happens to talk to skeletons in the Land of the Dead. The Pixar film is also an educational movie which provides a Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) theme to enlighten people on the importance of the holiday to the people of Mexico. Even though many may think Day of the Dead and Halloween are the same holiday, they are not. For this reason, it is important