Glossary for
CORE Lecture May 16-17
Juan Bruce-Novoa
1. Benito Juárez: 1806-1872. Leader of the Liberal party of reform that managed to implement a new constitution in 1857. Elected President in 1861. Led resistance against the French intervention and the Emperor Maximilian (1863-7).
http://www.mexonline.com/benitojuarez.htm
2. Reforma: The liberal movement under Juárez responsible for the Constitution of 1857. Most remembered for limiting the power of the Catholic Church.
_________: The name of the
3. Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico 1876-80; 1884-1911. The period is referred to as the Pax Porfiriana; his followers are called "Porfiristas," a word also used in singular as an adjective to modify anything pertaining to the period—synonymous with "Porfirian."
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5. "Sobre las olas" (Over the Waves) Waltz
composed by Juventino Rosas (1868-1894) played as students enter before the
lecture.
6. Arias Huerta, Josephus. Painter of the portrait of Agustín Iturbide, the first Emperor of Mexico (1821-24)
7. Rodrigo Gutiérrez (1849-1909). Painter of "The Senate of Tlaxcala," 1875—The painting that imitates David's "The Death of Socrates."
8. José Obregón (1832-1902. Painter of "The Discovery of Pulque," 1869—the painting I compared to David's "The Oath of the Horatii."
9. Cuauhtémoc: (b. ?-1525) Last Aztec
Emperor, executed by Cortés. .
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11. Manuel
Tolsa (1756-1816). Most famous and significant architect and sculptor of the
last years of Spanish colonial rule in
12. EL CABALLITO: 1796-1803. Manuel Tolsa, Sculptor. The only monumental sculpture in
13. Secretariat of Communications and Public,
1902-1910. Built by Silvio Contri, an Italian architect living in
14. Central Post Office. Spanish influenced, Plateresco architecture
(I apologize for having given the style reference incorrectly as
Churrigueresco, which sounded wrong even as I spoke—my mother will by stirring
in her grave over this one.).
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17. Saturnino Herrán (1887-1918). Painted "El
Trabajo" (Work) in 1908. The
following year it was purchased by the Secretariat of Public Education. http://www.laberintos.com.mx/herran/
18. Francisco Goitia (1882-1960). Painter
19. José de Jesús Martínez (1888-1916). Composer of the waltz "Magdalena."
Played as students exit from lecture.