Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies, V. 53) (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies, 53)

Since the late fourteenth century, European artists created an extensive body of images, in paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and other media, about the horror 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.Christine M. Boeckl is the author of 'Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies, V. 53) (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies, 53)', published 2000 under ISBN 9780943549859 and ISBN 094354985X.