#plague
Despite claims to the contrary, for the sake of the economy, the plague is not over!
This is especially true in areas where vaccination rates are low due to either lack of access or the anti-vaxers. Additionally, because of the variants that have been emerging, some of which are extra contagious, we might be seeing this plague sticking around for quite awhile.
Imagine that the ancient was thrown into the soup and was thought a failure, but thousands of years later they crawl back out? Plaguebringer is gonna be handing out ‘number one child’ trophies and ribbons to her ancients tomorrow while mirrors cry in the corner.
“Cimitero Delle Fontanelle” is a cemetery that takes its name from the rivers which ran under the town of Naples. It contains over 40.000 remains of people who died during the plagues of 1656 and 1836. It became famous because of “anime pezzentelle” (beggars souls)
The practice consisted in the “adoption” of a skull and praying for its soul in return of protection.
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The Sarracian
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cutting grass
#plague #food #flexing - #bbq #pulledpork - #sbr #sweetbabyrays
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Posted by Samantha Hughes-Johnson.
On this day, 6 October 1478, the plague had made its way to Florence. The diarist and apothecary, Luca Landucci, describes how, “at this time there were about 100 sick of the plague, at the hospital of La Scala, and at many houses in Florence; amongst others a man was found dead upon one of the benches of Santa Maria Novella.”
During the weeks that followed, Luca continues to record the devastating effects of the disease. On October 11, he tells of a a boy who, “was found sick of the plague at the gate of the hospital of San Pagolo, and nobody could be found to carry him to the hospital of La Scala.” Three days later, he recalls how “a sick woman on her way to La Scala, the attendants helping and supporting her by the arms, but when she got as far as the hospital of the Porcellana, she fell dead; so one may say that the plague is exceedingly serious.”
Images: Gaetano Zumbo, Detail of The Effects of the Plague, 17th century, sculpted wax, Museo della Specola, Florence. Wikimedia Commons.
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Napoleon visiting the plague victims in Jaffa during the Egypt campaign (11 march 1799).
So what really happened?
The painting below in colour was commisioned by Napoleon himself and painted by Antoine-Jean Gros. It depicts Napoleon visiting plague victims of his army in the Saint Nicholas monastery in Jaffa, Israel. How much of this scene is real?
Of course the painting and the event were perfect propaganda devices serving multiple goals: it countered the rumours that Napoleon ordered the execution of prisoners in Jaffa, it shows empathy towards his soldiers and gave him a touch of immortality being able to physically touch plague victims without falling ill.Were there any eyewitnesses that can confirm that this event actually happened? Well this is the tricky part, some say Napoleon really did visit and touch victims of the plague and others say that no such thing happened. An example is doctor Desgenettes, who is also portrayed in the painting, he claimed that Napoleon did help carry plague victims. Note, it was still unknown how the plague spread so it was considered dangerous to touch plague victims with your bare hands. (you can’t catch the bubonic plague by touching sick people)
It’s extremely obvious that the painting, and other depictions like the one in black/white, was made for propaganda purposes. It displays Napoleon as someone capable of the traditional thaumaturgical royal touch, French kings were often portrayed as being capable to perform miracles. It’s very possible that Napoleon was indeed present at the monastery and perhaps even helped transporting the sick but there is also of course the possibility that the entire story was fabricated, the eyewitness accounts seem to differ quite a bit so we can sadly never be sure. It is however true that the monks at this Armenian monastery were asked to help out the plague-ridden Napoleonic soldiers and they received Napoleon’s sword and tent as a thanks.
It’s also a possibility that this story was spread in order to downplay the rumour that Napoleon ordered the euthanization of his own sick soldiers, one of the most notorious orders ever given by Napoleon. The truth lies likely somewhere in between, a combination of all possibilities and reasons.
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All physicians are plague doctors in 2020, when reality is scarier than any Halloween display . Stay safe.
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Available! Handmade unique!
Pestdoctor, Painted fith acryl and ink on handmade Paper and framed with a small distance in a frame.
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The first adaptation of Richard Matheson’s sci-fi thriller, I Am Legend,The Last Man On Earth – featuring Vincent Price as a doctor who appears to be the only survivor of a deadly plague that turned mankind into blood-sucking zombies – shuffled into theaters on May 6, 1964.
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in honor of this pandemic, I created this wonderful fella.
Design available on my redbubble :
Happy Autumn from Plague
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Do you guys remember when we joked about this in late 2019?
I played the first 2 Darksiders games- the art direction on there titles was above and beyond. I own both the art books as well, Joe Mad is a beast.
(Commissioned Artwork)
#darksiders #war #death #plague #bossfight #vector
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THE FOUR HOURSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
1. PESTILENCE
2. WAR/CONQUEST
3. FAMINE
4. DEATH+OMENS+
Dark Field Monotype [Full Bleed Print]
Ink on Paper, 16 x 22
2019
~Age
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![CONFESSOR+OMENS+Dark Field Monotype [Full Bleed Print]Ink on Paper, 15 x 222019~Age](https://64.media.tumblr.com/87dcbe996a3d1268b00939f0f22f9b39/b1238608213159fb-3b/s1280x1920/37313f76b7f2269ea8dca2b8edad355b6d88f3e1.jpg "CONFESSOR+OMENS+Dark Field Monotype [Full Bleed Print]Ink on Paper, 15 x 222019~Age")
![APPROACH+OMENS+Dark Field Monotype [Full Bleed Print]Ink on Paper, 15 x 222019~Age](https://64.media.tumblr.com/1c4232df406d4bf37218ac2c2b25616c/588bbe4cee5511c0-59/s1280x1920/2a9f746fe2898066ab90356b482b3e5b590933e5.jpg "APPROACH+OMENS+Dark Field Monotype [Full Bleed Print]Ink on Paper, 15 x 222019~Age")
![DOCTOR+OMENS+Dark Field Monotype [Full Bleed Print]Ink on Paper, 15 x 222019~Age](https://64.media.tumblr.com/d641f4c05e51a39a5c1efce30243608b/1ebc600c8fee7cb8-27/s1280x1920/46c04339391bb287f14f995c1a3e80205331892c.jpg "DOCTOR+OMENS+Dark Field Monotype [Full Bleed Print]Ink on Paper, 15 x 222019~Age")
821021, acrylic on canvas, 69 x 49.5cm
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I have not updated this blog in a long, long time. I’m a little uninspired for new medical history content, but I have been using my old content to paint. For now I’m going to be posting my artwork alongside the old sources I use to make it. One day I’ll run out of content and be forced to start finding more.
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