{"id":2523,"date":"2017-10-09T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:42:04","slug":"hispanic-heritage-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/hispanic-heritage-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"National Hispanic Heritage Month 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We join the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration in celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergio S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

by Erika Hosselkus, Curator, Latin American Collections<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergio S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda is a printmaker, illustrator, and muralist who was born in Tlayacapan, Morelos, Mexico. Also trained in Mexico, S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda has exhibited his work throughout Latin America and Europe, in the United States, and in Japan and China.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Among S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda\u2019s collections of linocut prints is a small volume called 500 a\u00f1os, M\u00e9xico<\/em><\/a>, printed at the San Jer\u00f3nimo workshop in Tlayacapan. The 14 impressions comprising this piece offer a visual history of Mexico, from the age of the Mexica (Aztecs) to the late twentieth century. A jaguar and feathered serpent are among the engravings representing the nation\u2019s indigenous past. Also portrayed are major figures historical figures such as national hero and president, Benito Ju\u00e1rez (in office 1858-1872), and the best-known female intellectual of the colonial era, Sor Juana In\u00e9s de la Cruz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rare Books and Special Collections holds the second of the six copies of 500 a\u00f1os, M\u00e9xico <\/em>produced by S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda. Depicted here are two images from this copy.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A feathered helmet identifies this figure as an eagle warrior \u2013 a member of an elite corps within the formidable Mexica military.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emiliano Zapata, hero of the Mexican Revolution, is depicted with his signature bandolier over his shoulder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Both prints illustrate the deep relief and heavy ink on cartridge paper characteristic of S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda\u2019s work. The style and the subject matter of his work tie him to the Taller de Gr\u00e1fica Popular, a well-known artists\u2019 print collective formed in 1937 that produced artwork designed to promote and advance the causes of the Mexican Revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n

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S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda\u2019s work often treats topics in Mexican history and popular culture. In 2016 he released a series of linocuts entitled Personajes de Morelos <\/em><\/a>depicting figures central to the history of his home state. This collection was also printed in Tlayacapan. Rare Books and Special Collections holds copy fourteen of this collection, along with an actual linocut created by S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda, shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This image and linocut \u2013 number fourteen within this collection \u2013 depicts Zapatista colonel, Cristino Santamar\u00eda. According to S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda, Cristino Santamar\u00eda, a musician and leader of the Banda Brigido Santamar\u00eda, fought alongside Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution. Santamar\u00eda\u2019s face is obscured by his oversize sombrero, from under which his trumpet emerges. He is flanked by two figures wrapped tightly in traditional serapes. The print\u2019s heavy lines contrast boldly with the white cartridge paper background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close examination of the linocut reveals something of S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda\u2019s technique. Cuts are of varying depth, to achieve different sorts of impressions. Outlines of the figures and blue pen shading can also be discerned.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Front covers of the Personajes de Morelos<\/em> portfolio (left) and 500 a\u00f1os, M\u00e9xico<\/em> (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Along with these two collections, Rare Books and Special Collections holds copies of: \u201cLos chinelos<\/a><\/em>,\u201d a series of 11 linocuts featuring \u201cchinelos,\u201d the masked, bearded figures that feature prominently in festivals in Morelos, especially Carnival; Cuaresma en la region Cuautla Morelos<\/em><\/a>, a collection of Easter-related prints, and; Kamasutra de exlibris mexicanos<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We join the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration in celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month. Sergio S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda Sergio S\u00e1nchez Santamar\u00eda is a printmaker, illustrator, and muralist who was born in … Continue reading National Hispanic Heritage Month 2017<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1936,"featured_media":2543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75059,75054],"tags":[77938,381302,77948],"class_list":["post-2523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fine-printing-book-arts","category-latin-american-studies","tag-book","tag-mexico","tag-otd-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10825,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523\/revisions\/10825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}