Artwork analysis: The Black Death
The art piece I chose to write about is called “The black death.” The piece is a depiction of the black plague, with the plague personified as the black plague. In the piece arrows are used to strike those around her, specifically in the neck or the armpit areas likely where the infection would spread. Black death appeared in Europe around 1348, and it killed nearly a quarter to half the regions population. The black plague victims would experience flu-like symptoms at first and then would see, “a swell beneath their armpits and their groins.” The disease worked fast and killed fast. Normandy had lost nearly 70-80 percent of its population. The pandemic ended up killing approximately half of Europe’s population of all trades. Young, old, rich, poor, religious or not. During the time of the pandemic, William Langland, wrote in a poem saying, “God is deaf nowadays and will not hear us. And for our guilt her g...