José Guadalupe Posada and the Mexican broadside =
Subtitle: José Guadalupe Posada y la hoja volante mexicana
By: Diane Miliotes ; with a technical note by Rachel Freeman
Contributors: Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913; Art Institute of Chicago
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago; Distributed by Yale University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago; New Haven
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780300121377
Subjects: Posada, José Guadalupe, -- 1852-1913 -- Exhibitions; Engraving, Mexican -- Exhibitions; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1867-1910 -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1910-1946 -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions; Pictorial works
Other titles: José Guadalupe Posada y la hoja volante mexicana
Description: These powerful and visually arresting newspaper illustrations and woodcut broadsides whose subjects range from news to religion, from corridos (escapades of bandits and heroes) to calveras (skeletal figures associated with the Day of the Dead)reflect indigenous folk-art traditions. In his graphically powerful penny handbills, Posada responded to the political and social issues of his day, addressed cultural ills, and spread moral ideas. Focusing on the Art Institute of Chicago's impressive and previously unpublished collection of prints by Posada, this book examines his work and places it in the larger context of Mexican printmaking in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Notes: In parallel English and Spanish

"Published in conjunction with a two-part exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and presented from June 24-September 25, 2006, and October 7, 2006-January 17, 2007"--P. [2]

Plates inside folded covers

Includes bibliographical references