ALTERED LANDSCAPE Peter Bruegel the Elder's 'The Triumph of Death,' depicting European life after the plague

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ALTERED LANDSCAPE Peter Bruegel the Elder's 'The Triumph of Death,' depicting European life after the plague. Winter Landscape; Pieter Brueghel the Elder 1.Bubonic- arm, neck, upper legs swollen lymph glands. 1-6 days die 2.Pnuematic- Y. pestis infects lungs. Cough up blood. 1-3 days die. 3.Septicemic- delirium, seizures. Circulation system collapses. Bleeds internally. Dead in 24 hours. people out of every 100 people succumbed to the Black Death. Alessandro Triani; Triumph of Death 1350 Rich nobles out for a picnic. Unaware of Death in the background. William Blake; Europe- A Prophecy- Plague 1794 Pisa Plague 4 saints Trying to protect town in distance Ravages of Plague shown by angels with spears. A Procession of Flagellants in the Netherlands, ca, 1350 "The Flagellants Attempt to Repel the Black Death, 1349." The Flagellants Attempt to Repel the Black Death, N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan "Library of Congress Home." Library of Congress Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Jan "The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Home." The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan Zahler, Diane. The Black Death. Minneapolis: Twenty-First Century, Print.