Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology

by Christine M. Boeckl

Since the late fourteenth century, European artists created an extensive body of images, in paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and other media, about the horrors of disease and death, as well as hope and salvation. This interdisciplinary study on disease in metaphysical context is the first general overview of plague art written from an art-historical standpoint. The book selects masterpieces created by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto, Rubens, Van...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094354985X
• ISBN13: 9780943549859
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"