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The Calaveras Skull, from William Henry Holmes' preliminary debunking of it. The Calaveras Skull (also known as the Pliocene Skull) was a human skull found in 1866 by miners in Calaveras County, California, which was presented as evidence that humans were in North America as early as during the Pliocene Epoch (at least 2 million years ago), and which was used to support the idea the humans ...
A calavera (Spanish – pronounced [kalaˈβeɾa] for "skull"), in the context of the Day of the Dead, is a representation of a human skull or skeleton. The term is often applied to edible or decorative skulls made (usually with molds) from either sugar (called Alfeñiques ) or clay, used in the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead ...
Calavera oaxaqueña, 1903, one of his many broadsheets. José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar (2 February 1852 – 20 January 1913) was a Mexican political printmaker who used relief printing to produce popular illustrations. His work has influenced numerous Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness and social engagement.
La Calavera Catrina. La Calavera Catrina ("The Dapper [female] Skull") had its origin as a zinc etching created by the Mexican printmaker and lithographer José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913). The image is usually dated c. 1910 –12. Its first certain publication date is 1913, when it appeared in a satiric broadside (a newspaper-sized sheet of ...
Calavera (Spanish for skull) or its plural calaveras, may refer to: Culture. Calaveras, any of various skull-shaped things associated with the Dia de Los Muertos;
Skull Mexican makeup, sugar skull makeup or calavera makeup, is a makeup style that is used to create the appearance of the character La Calavera Catrina that people use during Day of the Dead (Mexican Día de Muertos) festivities.
Skull art is found in various cultures of the world. Indigenous Mexican art celebrates the skeleton and uses it as a regular motif. The use of skulls and skeletons in art originated before the Conquest : The Aztecs excelled in stone sculptures and created striking carvings of their Gods. [ 1 ]
Calavera; La Calavera Catrina; The Chariot of Death; Christ on the Cross (Delacroix) Christ Triumphant over Sin and Death (Rubens) Zerubbabel Collins; Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue; Crucifixion (van Dyck) Crucifixion (Bramantino) Crucifixion Diptych (van der Weyden) The Crystal Ball (painting) Crystal skull