{"product_id":"the-day-of-the-dead-a-visual-compendium-9781786277251","title":"The Day of the Dead: A Visual Compendium","description":"The Mexican...is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it; it is one of his favourite toys and his most steadfast love. Octavio Paz, \u003ci\u003eEl laberinto de la soledad\u003c\/i\u003e, (\u003ci\u003eThe Labyrinth of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e, 1961). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Day of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive, visual compilation of all forms of artistic material celebrating the world-famous annual Mexican festival. According to Mexican tradition, one day in the year belongs exclusively to the dead, a day on which they are granted celestial permission to visit friends and relatives on earth. In modern Mexico, festivities for the dead are idiosyncratic. Blending pre-Christian and Christian elements, celebrations for All Saints' and All Souls? are unique in the Catholic world. Mexicans are as tormented by the idea of mortality as other nations, yet they honour and receive the departed with good cheer, visual splendour and imagination. Families welcome the returning souls with flowers, incense, candles and special foods. This is not a sombre occasion, but a time of feasting and reunion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This anthology considers how the Day of the Dead has been celebrated in visual art and culture, from the traditional and iconic illustrations of skulls and singing skeletons by seminal lithographer José Guadalupe Posada to the paper cuts of Aaron Velasco Pacheco and representations of the festival by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo and in the folk art of the Linares family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCurated by Julian Rothenstein and written by Chloë Sayer, an independent scholar and curator, specializing in Mexican art and culture, this is a must-have book for anyone interested in this extraordinary cultural event and its artistic representation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurence King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786277251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Chlo\u0026#235; Sayer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41285628395701,"sku":"9781786277251","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3c18a021-b898-4616-b94e-8c1eae71932c.jpg?v=1635226260","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-day-of-the-dead-a-visual-compendium-9781786277251","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}