Original - "Gran calavera eléctrica" (Grand electric skull) by
José Guadalupe Posada, 1900-1913.
Reason
José Guadalupe Posada was a Mexican artist who used themes from indigenous culture to religious and satirical effect. Posada's best known work incorporates skulls (calaveras), such as this "Great electric skull" example in which a skeleton hypnotizes other skulls. Posada's work is associated with the modern Mexican holiday
Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos), which incorporates precolonial traditions. Restored version of
File:Gran_calavera_eléctrica.jpg.
The background texture is presumably due to the printing being done on cloth, combined with the age.
Support as nominator --Durova297 15:44, 7 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support - a fine example of a notable artist participating in an important aspect of Mexican culture. Oh, by the way, for the record - as I recall, "electric" was being used at that time in a figurative usage to represent what Mesmer called
animal magnetism - in other words, hypnosis.
Shoemaker's HolidayOver
184 FCs served 18:45, 7 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support as per Shoemaker's
GerardM (
talk) 13:38, 8 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support per above. Cool.
Sasata (
talk) 07:02, 9 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support I've added it to
folk art as it's exactly what popped into my head when I saw it. Really cool. --
mikaultalk 00:40, 13 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Original - "Gran calavera eléctrica" (Grand electric skull) by
José Guadalupe Posada, 1900-1913.
Reason
José Guadalupe Posada was a Mexican artist who used themes from indigenous culture to religious and satirical effect. Posada's best known work incorporates skulls (calaveras), such as this "Great electric skull" example in which a skeleton hypnotizes other skulls. Posada's work is associated with the modern Mexican holiday
Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos), which incorporates precolonial traditions. Restored version of
File:Gran_calavera_eléctrica.jpg.
The background texture is presumably due to the printing being done on cloth, combined with the age.
Support as nominator --Durova297 15:44, 7 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support - a fine example of a notable artist participating in an important aspect of Mexican culture. Oh, by the way, for the record - as I recall, "electric" was being used at that time in a figurative usage to represent what Mesmer called
animal magnetism - in other words, hypnosis.
Shoemaker's HolidayOver
184 FCs served 18:45, 7 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support as per Shoemaker's
GerardM (
talk) 13:38, 8 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support per above. Cool.
Sasata (
talk) 07:02, 9 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support I've added it to
folk art as it's exactly what popped into my head when I saw it. Really cool. --
mikaultalk 00:40, 13 August 2009 (UTC)reply