This book, which evokes the design and dimensions of a nineteenth century chapbook, reveals the wide range of Posada's talents. The essay by Mercurio Lopez Casillas, a specialist in the field, enriches the publication with a series of colorful anecdotes about the genesis of this unique body of Mexic[...]
A prime example is the Mexicas, who were the dominant group upon the arrival of the Spanish. Their mythology included the bony skeletal figures of Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecarihuatl, god and goddess of the dead, who governed Mictlan, the realm of the dead, a place having little in common, however, w[...]