MEXICAN ART Mexican Art What is Calavera The

MEXICAN ART

Mexican Art What is Calavera? The word Calavera (pronounced: Spanish for "skull") can refer to a number of cultural phenomena associated with the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead and the Roman Catholic holiday All Souls Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where the day is a bank holiday. The celebration takes place on October 31, November 1 and November 2, in connection with the Christian triduum of Halloween, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. KEYWORDS SKULL MEXICAN CALAVERA DESIGN PATTERN

Task You need to create a study page/photo page based on the Mexican “Day of the dead. ” Focus on the Calavera (skull) as a starting point. You need to include information about the Day of the Dead. KEYWORDS SKULL MEXICAN CALAVERA DESIGN PATTERN Mexican Art

CALAVERA DESIGNS Mexican Art KEYWORDS SKULL MEXICAN CALAVERA DESIGN PATTERN

Jose Posada Mexican Art José Guadalupe Posada (February 2, 1852 – January 20, 1913[1]) was a Mexican cartoonist illustrator and artist whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its political engagement. Posada's best known works are his calaveras, which often assume various costumes. TASK Create a critical study page on Jose Posda. How does use sugar skulls within his work? What do these represent? What materials does he use? What do you think about the images and what do they mean? KEYWORDS Calavera COLOUR DESIGN PATTERN Posada

Task Your Calavera Design Mexican Art You are to produce a Calavera of your own. Think about the colours that you can use. Think about the patterns that you have seen and how this can influence your own designs. Think about the detail on the background of your piece. KEYWORDS SKULL MEXICAN CALAVERA DESIGN PATTERN

Mexican Art Mexican Tree of Life A Tree of Life (Spanish: Árbol de la vida) is a theme of clay sculpture created in central Mexico, especially in Metepec, State of Mexico. The image depicted in these sculptures originally was for the teaching of the Biblical story of creation to natives in the early colonisational period. The fashioning of the trees in a clay sculpture began in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla but today the craft is most closely identified with Metepec. Traditionally, these sculptures are supposed to consist of certain biblical images, such as Adam and Eve, but recently there have been trees created with themes completely unrelated to the Bible. [ KEYWORDS TREE OF LIFE COLOUR BIBLE DESIGN

Tree Of Life Design Mexican Art TASK -You are to produce a tree of life of your own. Think about the colours that you can use. Think about the patterns that you have seen and how this can influence your own designs. Think about the detail on the background of your piece. KEYWORDS TREE OF LIFE COLOUR DESIGN PATTERN