Tag Archives: Renaissance Art

Fed by the Shadow of Death

Renaissance painters were masters of light, life, death and shadow

The cultural bloom of the Italian ā€“ and wider European ā€“ Renaissance was fed by the shadow of death. The bubonic plague was carried by fleas traveling on rodents, who then hitched rides along the expanding trade routes in the … Continue reading

Posted in Soulful Expressions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment