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29 lis 2021 · During the Black Death, many people prayed to St. Sebastian with hopes of eradicating the disease from everyday life making St. Sebastian a popular saint in Medieval art who was depicted in images like the one below from the church of Saint-Crepin-Ibouvillers in France.
10 sie 2022 · This artwork sees us steer away from the Medieval times, as The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicts the Black Death in a typically European village. The sight of an army of skeletons spreading devastation over a charred, barren landscape has stayed with many to this day.
Two hooded figures and a King grieve over a dead person while another masked figure comes to cleanse the room of the plague. Source: Wellcome Library, London Plague Victims
31 sty 2023 · This Black Death artwork, by an unknown artist, shows a mass grave in the Belgian town of Tournai where Black Death victims were interred in mass graves. In a very narrow frame, we witness fifteen individuals carrying the coffins of their loved ones.
Timeline. 1331-34: Plague outbreak in Southwestern China spreads through Asia to the Mediterranean. 1345: Plague occurs in Volga River basin and spreads through Eastern and Central Europe eventually reaching Constantinople the main trade link between Europe and Asia. 1347: Black plague reaches Italy.
Themes like the Dance of Death, the Triumph of Death, and the Three Living and the Three Dead, found in northern and southern European art, are often associated with the ravages of the Black Death.
Learn everything you need to know about the most famous black death paintings! Take a look at what the black death was, how it was depicted in art, and some notable examples of artworks!
