Empirics Emporium: The Doctors

Amazing masks...

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Plague Of Justinian

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Evil Vines Cemetery 2018

There were many different medical and scientific explanations for the Black Death, ranging from stellar configurations, to bad lifestyle choices. Whereas modern day opinion would dismiss the idea of astrology, to contemporary audiences it was a well-known and well established fact, which physicians and academics were hesitant to ignore. The report of the Paris Medical faculty in 1348 states the belief that the ‘first cause’ of the disease was the configuration of the heavens. The frequent mention of the three planets of Aquarius, is also referred to by fourteenth century astrologer, Geoffrey de Meaux, who explains that the superior stars of Aquarius affect the lesser stars, which represent the ‘common people’ of society. He therefore concludes that the pestilence would infect them more so than those of a higher status. Simon de Convino of France also describes a celestial court case, in which the human race stands trial. 

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Always Halloween

Another great tumblr...

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Bodies

I wonder how a haunt would go over if this scene were reproduced. And children had to walk to get candy through a little path between sheet-covered corpses. Add a wagon off to the side piled high with bodies and a few torches, and dress in a dark cloak with a plague doctor mask and you have yourself a Black Death yard haunt (and some complaints from parents).

Great scene from The Walking Dead. I'm really enjoying this series and the amazing effects featured each week.

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Plague Masks & Steampunk

From Tom Banwell Designs:






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Doctors

Plague, that is.


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Plague Avoided

I built this plague mask to be used on my PLAGUE scarecrow back in 2008. He was going to be cloaked and torn and weathered. It just didn't work. He looked more like a demented Plague Doctor than a scarecrow, so I ditched the idea and went with diseased bones and bandages.


Inspired by this peculiar plague mask design.

Stealer

From a favorite artist of mine - Rhode Montijo.

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