The Day of the Dead : a visual compendium

The Day of the Dead A visual compendium

Chloë Sayer

Book - 2021

This anthology considers how the Day of the Dead has been celebrated in visual art and culture, from the traditional and iconic illustrations of Manuel Manilla and Jose Posada to the paper cuts of Aaron Velasco Pacheco, folk art of the Linares family and paintings of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. With a foreword by the ceramic artist and curator Carlomagno Pedro Martinez, this compendium also includes poems, songs and literature celebrating the festival, as well as dedicated chapters that focus on contemporary representations, such as urban art, graffiti and the street photography of Yolande Andrade.

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Subjects
All Souls' Day in art.
Dead in art.
All Souls' Day > Mexico.
Holidays > Mexico.
Published
London : Laurence King Publishing 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Chloë Sayer (author)
Physical Description
224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-223).
ISBN
9781786277251
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1. Death in Mexico: The Long View
  • 2. The Days of the Dead: Celebrating Memory
  • 3. La Catrina
  • 4. Urban Messengers of Mortality
  • 5. Death and Popular Art
  • 6. The Linares Family: Chroniclers in Papier-Mâché
  • 7. Death in Focus: Yolanda Andrade
  • Extended Captions
  • Bibliography
  • Credits & Acknowledgments

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