History of La Catrina ⇝ Skull-icon of Día de Muertos ☠ & Revolution ☭ by Jose Guadalupe Posada

00:00 Introduction 03:20 Aztecs 04:54 Memento Mori, Bernini, and Hans Holbein 08:56 José Guadalupe Posada 19:05 La Calavera Catrina 22:57 Mexican Muralists & Rediscovery 28:17 Diego Rivera and Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park 31:43 Impact of La Catrina today We are back and diving into the origins of La Catrina, the quintessential skelicon of Day of the Dead. Over the past 100ish years, her image has transcended borders, becoming synonymous with sugar skulls, Frida Kahlo, the Virgin of Guadalupe and even Santa Muerte. From her first incarnation by Mexican printmaker Jose Guadalupe Posada in 1910 as “Calavera Garbancera” (Chick-Pea Calavera) print, all the way back to early depictions of (and actual) skulls found in Aztec and Mayan tzompantli; Her rediscovery and re-imagining by the Mexican Muralists in the early 20th century, even making a cameo in the larger than life mural by Diego Rivera in 1947 “Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central” or “A Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park” and finally, the continuing rise of La Catrina’s visage in the present day. We also discuss Europe’s Memento Mori moment in Hans Holbein the Younger’s “The Ambassadors” from 1533 as well as Francisco Goya’s Los Caprichos influence on Posada’s “Calavera de los Patinadores” or “Street-cleaning Calavera” from c.1900 and “Calavera Oaxaqueña” or “The Oaxacan Calavera” c.1910. Topics include renegade saints, is Tim McCraw dead?, hybrid deities, Franceyness, psychedelic skulls, really just lots and lots and lots of skulls . . . . ✅ Subscribe To My Channel For More Videos:    / @artslicepod   ✅ Important Links: 👉 If you want to support the channel:   / artslicepod   👉 Website: https://www.artslicepod.com/ 👉 spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tzKvEq... 👉 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/47Gsq9s ✅ Stay Connected: 👉 Instagram:   / artslicepod   👉 TikTok :   / artslicepod   ============================== ✅ Other Videos You Might Be Interested In Watching: 👉 Yasuo Kuniyoshi ✰ ► a deep dive into the often overlooked artist ◄ ◄ ◄    • Yasuo Kuniyoshi ✰ ► a deep dive into the o...   👉 The History of Purple w/ Caldwell Tanner | Art Slice Color Theory Research Labs    • The History of Purple w/ Caldwell Tanner |...   👉 Art History BUTTS with Museum Bums    • Art History BUTTS with Museum Bums   👉 The Great Surrealist Art Competition    • The Great Surrealist Art Competition   ============================= ✅ About ArtSlicePod: Irreverent Deep Dives into Art History - by artists and art historian Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker. We cover Art History in a totally different way - without all the gatekeeping, privilege, and that cognitive fog called ‘art speaking.' For Collaboration and Business inquiries, please use the contact information below: 📩 Email: [email protected] 🔔 Subscribe to my channel for more videos:    / @artslicepod   ===================== #joseguadalupeposada #lacatrina #dayofthedead #diademuertos #momentomori #arthistory #posada #diegorivera #artslicepod #art © ArtSlicePod