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ACTIVITY: “Visions of Epidemics”
Writers are not the only artists who use their work to try to grapple with epidemics; visual artists, too, use their work to ask questions and convey ideas about the problem of epidemic disease.
Fever 1793 takes place in the late 1700s—but this was far from the only serious outbreak of yellow fever the world has faced. In the late 1800s, waves of this disease swept through several countries around the world. Use the links provided to look at two pieces of art that came out of yellow fever epidemics in the late 1800s.
This activity has two parts; complete Part A before you start work on Part B.
Part A
Create a word cloud about each piece of art.
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