Artistic Responses to the Black Death

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 vie...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Format:

Elektronisch Film

Sprache:

Englisch

Veröffentlicht:

[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses, 2016.
Kanopy Streaming, 2017.

Zusammenfassung:

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.

Umfang:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Anmerkungen:

Title from title frames.
In Process Record.
Film

Spieldauer:

00:31:38

Format Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Schlagworte:

History, Ancient

Medicine

Educational films.

Links:

A Kanopy streaming video