In class we briefly mentioned paintings called "The Dance of Death" which were inspired by the black plague. While not much else was said, the paintings caught my eye and I decided to do some more research on them.
This photo shows that death has no limitations. The bubonic plague killed an estimated amount of 25 million people in the middle ages. From peasants, clergy men, royalty, bishops, to monks, the "black death" succumbed everyone in its path, like in the photo above where it shows many different social classes, and even a child being lead to dead by the hand. Many other types of "Dance of Death" paintings came about in the Renaissance era, including the photo below, which I found very interesting.
This painting is called "Death and the Maiden" by Hans Baldung. The painting also plays off the "Dance of Death" concept that death shows no mercy.
The top one is from the church that I visited in Slovenia. A very tiny church but this was on one side of the church.
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