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Nota donde explica la donación de la colección Cervantina

Monthly showcase

The collections that the Tecnológico de Monterrey safeguards include works of art and documents from different periods and origins, mostly related to Mexican history and culture. In this section we present the featured object of the month, that is, a work from our collection selected to spread among our students and the community in general. For more information regarding the works included as the featured object of the month and their availability for consultation, please write to: patrimonio_cultural@servicios.itesm.mx

Nota donde explica la donación de la Cervantina

November 2024

Carlos Prieto, Note explainig the donation of the Cervantina. 1954. Monterrey. Agustín Basave Fund. Photolibrary of Tecnológico de Monterrey. "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

In this document Carlos Prieto explains the reasons behind the donation of his collection of books of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, in editions from different periods and languages, considered the crowning work of the Spanish language. Prieto points out that this donation seeks to enrich the cultural training of students, complementing their technical training with the universal value of Spanish and this great literary work. Furthermore, he expresses that his gesture is a sign of gratitude towards Monterrey, a city that has been fundamental in his life and to which he wishes to contribute a lasting cultural legacy.

Thanks to this donation from the Monterrey businessman Carlos Prieto, the "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library or the "Cervantina" as it is affectionately known, began its operations on November 5, 1954. Along with this great contribution, there would be added others over the years, all focused on the study the humanities. Currently, the Cervantina has 28 documentary funds.

This year the "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library celebrates its 70th anniversary, for this, it prepared the Second Congress of the Mexican Association of Cervantes that will take place from November 4 to 6 on the third floor of the Rectory bulding, Monterrey campus.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: http://hdl.handle.net/11285/622726

el-cuevario-de-jose-luis-cuevas

October 2024

José Luis Cuevas (1934-2017), Viñeta para Cuevario/El Cuevario de José Luis Cuevas, 1989. Campus Estado de México. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

José Luis Cuevas (1934-2017) was a prominent Mexican artist, considered part of artists known as the "rupture" generation. These artists rejected the precepts of Mexican muralism and proposed exploring art from a more personal way and far from the official paradigms of art. Cuevas work is deeply marked by themes of alienation, existencial anguish, and a critique of social and political conventions. Cuevas was self-taught, which allowed him to develop a unique style that combined drawing, painting, sculpture and literature.

Cuevas created a universe that he reflected in both images and words. He was an avid reader who, due to a sickly and fragile condition, dedicated his convalescence to reading and drawing, prints paintings and sculptures, however, he was also prolific in writing. Particularly in a column in the cultural pages of El Búho of the Excelsior newspaper known as "Cuevario". For more than six years, this column was published weekly, every Monday. Later he also published weekly, every Monday. Later he also published in El Universal from 1999 to 2007.

Through the Cuevario, the artist established a dialogue between the individual and society, raising questions about identity politics in Mexico, madness, women and his own life. His written work was accompanied by drawings that, beyond their cartoonish appearance, invite reflection on the dark forces the inhabit each human being and society in general.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/675920

arbol_genealogico_de_los_condes_de_santa_rosa

 

September 2024

Relation of the Merits and Services of the Counts of Santa Rosa and Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1797. Monterrey. "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

The reports of merits and services were common in New Spain to demonstrate the work done by the Spanish crow and to obtain privileges.

The "Family Tree of the Counts of Santa Rosa" is part of the Relation of the Merits and Services of the Counts of Santa Rosa and Their Ancestors and Descendants, in which Juan Bravo de Medrano, the first Count of Santa Rosa, demonstrates his Spanish ancestry and the contributions he made to the Spanish crown to obtain the title. In this tree, the trunk represents the origin, and the branches show the descendants, the bearers of this privilege. Notable features include the two crowns in the center and the top of the tree, as well as the flowers placed in the empty spaces.

This document is significant because it not only illustrates the operation of New Spain's society through a family tree but also traces the lineage of the first nobility in Zacatecas. contemporary artists.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/657139

Sin título (del proyecto Espacio múltiple)

 

August 2024

Manuel Felguérez (1928-2020), Sin título (from the project Multiple Space), ca. 1970-1980. Serigraphy, 72.5 x 82.5 cm. Campus Estado de México. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

Manuel Felguérez was a painter, printmaker, and sculptor from Zacatecas, Mexico. He is recognized as one of the most important abstract artist in his country. Felguérez was one of the first artists to use computers as a tool to approach aesthetics from a mathematical logic perspective in the search for a connection between geometry and emotion. His influence on Mexican art is of paramount importance due to his leading role in the Mexican avant-garde. He is credited with the development of a unique modern abstract language which had a great impact on the next generations of contemporary artists.

This piece dates back to the 1970s, a period in which Felguérez developed his "The Aesthetic Machine" series. With it, Felguérez explored the Theory of System Identification to investigate how computers could predict the evolution of his own visual language. Additionally, during this time he experimented with innovative printing techniques and materials as a way to show the role that technology has in the processes of artistic creation.

This work is testimony to the ideological shift in the relation ship between art and technology happening during the 1970's. It high lights the importance of innovation and technical experimentation in ways that went beyond the formal concerns of the Mexican School of Paniting.

"The artist in general, and I in particular, is always seeking constant renewal, a constant contribution, an invention, a new vision."

Manuel Felguérez

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/676071

 

July 2024

El Mundo Ilustrado, 1899, year 6, volume 2, no. 1-27. Hemerographic Collection. "Miguel de Cervates Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Campus Monterrey. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

The Hemerographic Collection is one of the most important holdings safeguarded by the Cervantine Library. It consists of various periodical publications from the 19th and 20th centuries, among which the weekly publication El Mundo Ilustrado stands out.

Rafael Reyes Spíndola was the creator of this weekly newspaper in October 1894, in Puebla. The main objective of this weekly publication was to recap the most important events in Europe and Mexico. Its sections included notable figures in politics, historical figures, monuments, exhibitions, and customs of Mexico and the world. It also contained sections such as: short stories, novels, recipes, science, technology, and fashion.

The relevance of this weekly newspaper lay in the engravings and photographs that were included within its contents. The Elegante toilette de paseo (Elegant promenade outfit) shown here is an example of how fashion for Porfirian ladies was disseminated; not only was the image provided, but also a description of the attire: "It is made of taffeta, princess style, with an application of wide, embroidered silk braid in very elegant wavy bands. Very severe triangular neckline."

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/675788

 

June 2024

Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002), The Man from Papantla, 1977. Gelatin silver print, 39 x 46.2 cm. Campus Estado de México. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

Manuel Álvarez Bravo is one of Mexico's most important photographers and a pioneer of modern photography in Latin America. His career spanned much of the 20th century, and his work is know for capturing the essence of Mexican life through his poetic and symbolic images.

The picture shows a man in rural attire posing in front of a rustic wall. The central composition is broken by the diagonals of light and shadow, which highlight the details of the surroundings and the character. The title refers to Papantla, a city in the state of Veracruz, famous for its cultural traditions, such as the Voladores de Papantla, a ritual dance of this indigenous community.

This photographer's work has been fundamental to the understanding and appreciation of imagery in Mexico due to this ability to combine photographic technique with a deep sensitivity to the cultural surroundings. Photographs like this are not only visual representations, but also a testament to the cultural roots and identity of México.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/638747

 

May 2024

"Why do you like your job?" Interview with Rosaura Barahona published in Panorama, 1977. Memoria Tec Fund. Monterrey. "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

Panorama (1966-2017) was a weekly publication of the Monterrey Campus that reported important news to the entire community.

Interview with Rosaura Barahona Aguayo (1942-2017), journalist, writer and academic, published in the magazine Panorama (1966-2017), where she talks about the enjoyment of the work as a teacher and director of the Departament of Humanities at Tec de Monterrey.

Barahona was a promoter of gender equality at the institution, where she is renowned for her drive for Tec to be the first institution in Latin America to issue academic degrees in feminine.

 

April 2024

Autographed Picture of Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957). Monterrey. Agustín Basave Fund. Photolibrary of Tecnológico de Monterrey. "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

The profile portrait of the poet Gabriela Mistral, 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a meaningful testimony of her worldwide importance, as the first Latin-American woman poet to obtain such Prize.

The photograph was signed and dedicated to the director of the newspaper El Norte, who made up the documentary collection that includes autographs, photographs and portraits of prominent protagonists in world history of the 20th century. Agustín Basave donated this fund to the Tecnológico de Monterrey in 1955.

Lucila de María Godoy Alcayaga, real name of Gabriela Mistral, was born in Chile on April 7th, 1889. In addition to being a diplomat, she worked as a teacher, collaborated with the Government of Mexico in the training of teachers and in the design of what became the Secretariat of Public Education. Her poetic work influenced great writers such as Rosario Castellanos, Pablo Neruda and Octavio Paz.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: http://hdl.handle.net/11285/625062

 

March 2024

The Violet. Biweekly of Literature, Social, Moral and Variety. Monterrey, 1887-1894. Collection donated by Martha Nualart Sánchez, great-granddaughter of Josefa Cornada Eligia Jiménez García (1865-1911), collaborator of "The Violet. Biweekly of literature, social, moral and variety". Exchanges and donations Fund.  "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

This nineteenth-century magazine is one of the first prints to be managed, written and published by women from Monterrey. So far, only three other Mexican magazines with these same characteristics have been located.

This copy of The Violet is made up of a binding that preserves three volumes of said publication. In total, it contains fifty-nine editions in newspaper paper and ink.

This publication allowed the Porfirian women of Northern Mexico to disseminate their literary writings in varius genres, express their ideas about cultural management, among other topics, which generated the interweaving of female networks of readers with content created and designed for women.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/650987

 

February 2024

Summer School Students, 1972. Printed in duotone, 5 x 7 inches. Campus Monterrey. Tec Memory Fund. Photo Library of Tecnologico de Monterrey. "Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra" Special Collections Library. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

This black and white photograph portrays three schoolgirls during the 70's. The portrait shows the coexistence, recreation and style of dress of those who participated during their stay at the Summer School at Campus Monterrey.

Tec Memory Fund guards historical images that show us a window to the past in order to understand how was the students' experience during that time.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: http://hdl.handle.net/11285/584573

 

January 2024

Letter from Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada to Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, 1875. Historical Archive Fund of Real Caja de Zacatecas 1576-1936. Collection of the Society of Friends of Zacatecas, A.C. on loan to Tecnologico de Monterrey©. Memory of the World Registry of Mexico, UNESCO, 2021. Cultural Heritage of Tecnológico de Monterrey©.

In this letter, two personalities from the last quarter of the 19th century stand out, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada and Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta. The first, for assuming the presidency of Mexico after the death of Benito Juarez and the second, for being secretary and later director of the Mexican Academy of Language.

The beauty of this document lies in the initials or acronym of the letterhead with Art Nouveau style floral details in blue, in which Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada responds to Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, as well as the rubric of the president of Mexico.

This work is also available for consultation in the Institutional Repository of the Tecnológico de Monterrey through the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/643441

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