Day of the Raven by linwhite
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Description
The Black Death started in Europe in 1328 and lasted until 1351 although there were outbreaks for the next sixty years.
The disease was called the Black Death because one of the symptoms produced a blackening of the skin around the swellings. or buboes. The buboes were red at first, but later turned a dark purple, or black. The Black Death was spread by fleas that were carried by rats or other small rodents. Nearly one third of the population of Europe died, about 200 million people. The 1328 outbreak in China caused the population to drop from 125 million to 90 million in just fifty years.
The "Medicos" wore the strange-looking "beaks" which made them look like great birds of prey, but actually were stuffed with herbs to keep out the smell of death. Those were not the good old days.
I used Lyne's pigs for the scene. Thank you Lyne for sharing your wonderful animals with us. The pigs are my favorite.
Medico and buildings by Ant Farm @ DAZ. (One of the most creative and different modelers today.)
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Comments (22)
barryjeffer
I like this one a lot... beautifully rendered in a style that reminds me of the old Masters.
Egzariuf
Superb !
kftate
Fantastic image and information. Superbly done!
giulband
fantastic image
ronmolina
Creative and beautiful work!
Turtle
This is so very weird, Your really flying out there in a make believe world. You amaze me how you will try everything. The Pigs really pull this together, People Zoom this!!!!
LivingPixels
This is one fantastic and dark piece of informative imagery!! well done!!
netsuke
Wonderful image. The good old days are never as good as we think.
ArtistKimberly
Very Realistic,
Savage_dragon
And we think we got it hard. I wonder if Obamacare covers plagues... Super work! ")
linwhite
LOL
Lyne
I tried not to read the caption...as disease scares me to death...dealt with WAY too much of it in my life... but glad you are having "fun" with the pigs! (poor pigs, not their fault!) ;)
rbowen
Very good work!
goldie
what a scene! it is so nice to see something like this which completely diverges from the usual (you know what, LOL) yes, indeed the Black Plague was certainly a hellacious period.. a couple of interesting things about this period: the speed by which this thing traveled has some experts questioning how this disease was actually transmitted and those people who worked closely with horses never contracted the disease since whatever vector transmitted the disease (and i hold it was the flea) was repelled by the smell of the horses--which makes sense, if one has ever been around stables will know what i am talking about.. anyway, great scene, Linda...
linwhite
Cool information. It may be true. I was looking up organic cures for fleas for my dog and it said they are repelled by garlic. You can put it in their food or rub it on them....LOL I would be repelled by that myself.
bebopdlx
Excellent.
Grossevi
Awesome!!
illkirch
Makes me think of a Fable http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v445/__show_article/_a000445-000093.htm Very well done
DennisReed
cool
pregiato
Beautiful!!!!!!!
Flint_Hawk
Creepy! I love Lyne's pigs too!
Rock69
Great image and excellent explanation!!! ;-)
GrandmaT
Excellent work!
Jan19
Really great, the way you integrate history and art. :-) This reminds me of Anya Seton's "Katherine." I think the novel took place during the era you're describing and one part is devoted to a vivid description of the Black Death.