https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/peacetestimonies/files/original/96396cc331c326eaae2912181372decc.jpg 7e0e27c25272366876e3b7978d92e523 https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/peacetestimonies/files/original/4905159745f34081e61cffc434ead3be.jpg 71dd50a2644d74b2cdb7ee87563cfdde Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Quaker & Special Collections Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource El último abrazo [The last embrace] Subject The topic of the resource Estampas de la Revolución Española Description An account of the resource “Cuando el arte se trueca en intérprete de la emoción popular, el arte se sublima… Se hace a un tiempo carne y espíritu.” “When art becomes the interpreter of some great national sentiment, it is sublime… [It is] a mingling of the flesh with the spirit.” —“The Doorway,” Preface to Estampas de la Revolución Española, 19 Julio de 1936 A collection of vignettes from the Spanish Civil War, brought forth within the realms of images with wide brushstrokes and trilingual captions, Estampas de la Revolución Española, 19 Julio de 1936, remains a testament to the many emotions and contradictions of the era. In this image, “El último abrazo,” a man lays down the dying body of his lifelong companion. Humanity’s looming mortality consumes this painting, leaving only a blurry conception of hope lost. While the artist—known solely as “hijo del pueblo” or “son of the people”—was featured in this volume for an anarchist, proletariat pursuit, his work transcends war’s partisan boundaries, serving as a traumatic reminder of war’s true victim: humanity, abandoned for the ether and painfully pieced together through art. Ultimately, El último abrazo confirms that ceaseless, unjustified violence fails to usher in prosperity, and that destruction never yields peace. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource KEVIN “THE ROCK” MEDANSKY Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oficinas de Propaganda de la Confederación Nacional del Trabajo y de la Federación Anarquista Ibérica Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19 julio de 1936