The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague
Artistic Responses to the Black Death
S1 • E18 Oct 30, 2016 31m
Discover how artists confronted the plague through new and innovative forms of expression. Among these, study the creation of transi tombs with graphic sculptural effigies of the dead, as well as the remarkable paintings, murals, and woodcuts of the memento mori tradition, which sought to remind viewers of their mortality.