Tuberculosis is a disease that spread widely in the 19th century. The art that stemmed from depictions of the disease characterizes how we view the disease today.
Romanticizing death in the age of Tuberculosis
Beata Beatrix c.1864-70 Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882 Presented by Georgiana, Baroness Mount-Temple in memory of her husband, Francis, Baron Mount-Temple 1889 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01279
Many famous painters struggled with mental health disorders
These include many of your favorite artists!
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