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Black Death, Plagues, and the Danse Macabre: Depictions of Epidemics in Art
Der Schwarze Tod, Epidemien und der Danse Macabre: Seuchendarstellungen in der Kunst
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Abstract What does a plague look like? What images correspond to it? Just as visual synonyms for the pandemic are formed in the media, the depiction of epidemics in the visual arts is a recurring topos, as art has always been a seismograph for social occurrences, moods, or political developments. This articl... mehr
What does a plague look like? What images correspond to it? Just as visual synonyms for the pandemic are formed in the media, the depiction of epidemics in the visual arts is a recurring topos, as art has always been a seismograph for social occurrences, moods, or political developments. This article shows how epidemics have been reflected in art history and illustrates three different representations using graphics from the graphic collection Mensch und Tod (Human and Death) at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf as examples.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Epidemie; Tod; bildende Kunst; Bild
Klassifikation
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
Medieninhalte, Aussagenforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Art; Rethel; Weiss; Ensor; epidemics; dance of death
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 330-339
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, Supplement (2021) 33
Heftthema
Epidemics and Pandemics - the Historical Perspective
ISSN
0936-6784
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)