THE BLACK DEATH
The first sign of the Plague which is, also known as the
“Black Death” occurred in
1347 in
Europe. The
Plague was so catastrophic in a three year span it was able to whip out a third of the country.
This event became such an interesting topic due to the decimating population going into the late middle ages. The
Plague was so deadly it was able to change the
European
KNOWN FIGURES
“The artistic expression at the time mirrored people’s personal experience with death” (Medrano-Cabral). Artist in the Middle Ages took such a tragic event and turned their pain into art work. Artist such as, Hieronymus
Bosch, Arnold Bocklin, Ligier Richier and many more were able to use how they seen the tragic scarcity and paint a picture of it. Religion became such a big deal since the people believed that God was punishing the people with the plague. This allowed artist to express art work such as, painting of Saint Rosalie interceding for the Plague-striken of Palermo by
Van Dyck’s. One famous literature piece written to reflect the plague is “A
Journal of the Plague Year” by Daniel Defoe. Many other literature pieces exist through out the time and after the event took place.
PLAGUE AROUND THE
WORLD
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Has been present in Asia, Africa, Europe for many centuries but moved on to other areas
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The plague is known in different cultures and different places around the world except Australia
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Map is of
Plague cases
2000-2009
worldwide
PLAGUE YESTERDAY &
TODAY
• Justinian Plague
- First recorded pandemic
- Began 541 AD – frequent outbreaks followed for around 200 years
- Killed 25 million people
• Black Death
- Started in China in 1334 spread to Europe
- 60% of European population wiped out
• Modern Plague
- Began in China in 1860s spread over 20 years
- 10 million deaths
- Spread through sea ports to Africa, Asia, and the Americas
PLAGUE YESTERDAY &
TODAY (CONT)
• Plague in 1960s and 1970s during Vietnam
• Most recent plague reports have been in India in the
20th century
• Since 1990 most cases have occurred in Africa
• 3 Most endemic countries are Madagascar,
Democratic Republic of
