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Calavera Catrina

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Calavera Catrina

Dapper skeleton - elegant skull

"Bones but with a french hat with its ostrich feathers"

History

1910-1913/Zinc etching/La Calavera Garbancera

Dream of a sunday afternoon along Central Alameda

bY dIEGO rIVERA (1948)

Culture

  • Referential image of death in Mexico
  • Motive for the creation of handcrafts
  • Contrasts between upper and lower classes

Day of the dead

oCTOBER 31, NOVEMBER 1-2
Photo by -Chupacabras-

aguascalientes (mexico)

bY RENÉ DEL CASTILLO (2001)

100 YEARS IN 2010

lA CATRINA EN TRAJINERA