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THE BLACK DEATH

THE BLACK DEATH . “How many valiant men, how many fair ladies, breakfast with their kinfolk and the same night supped with their ancestors in the next world! The condition of the people was pitiable to behold.” - Giovanni Boccaccio.

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THE BLACK DEATH

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  1. THE BLACK DEATH “How many valiant men, how many fair ladies, breakfast with their kinfolk and the same night supped with their ancestors in the next world! The condition of the people was pitiable to behold.” - Giovanni Boccaccio

  2. THE BLACK DEATH

  3. THE BLACK DEATH • REACTIONS • “Charity was dead” • “Dementia of despair” • Wrath of God • Debauchery, materialism, corruption • FLAGELLANTS • Jews as scapegoats

  4. THE BLACK DEATH • EFFECT ON ART • preoccupation with death • Danse Macabre (Dance of Death)

  5. THE BLACK DEATH • EFFECT ON ART • preoccupation with death • tomb carvings & sculpture

  6. THE BLACK DEATH • EFFECT ON ART • preoccupation with death • paintings Hieronymous Bosch, Paradise and Hell Hieronymous Bosch, The Last Judgment Jan Van Eyck, The Last Judgement

  7. THE BLACK DEATH • EFFECT ON ART • preoccupation with death • church frescoes Kermaria Church, France Jesuits’ College, Lucerne Switzerland Trinity Church, Slovenia

  8. THE BLACK DEATH • EFFECT ON ART • preoccupation with death • literature

  9. THE BLACK DEATH • EFFECT ON ART • themes of debauchery & corruption Boccaccio’s Decameron (depicted by Botticelli)

  10. THE BLACK DEATH • EFFECT ON THOUGHT • William of Ockham • God of will • no logical divine order • separation of reason and faith

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