pestis was the causative agent of the epidemic plague that devastated Europe throughout the Middle Ages".[three] In 2011, these success had been more verified with genetic proof derived from Black Dying victims in the East Smithfield burial web site in England. Schuenemann et al. concluded in 2011 "the Black Demise in medieval Europe was because of… Read More

From the Protestant Netherlands, Rembrandt employed this sober new palette of blacks and browns to produce portraits whose faces emerged in the shadows expressing the deepest human thoughts. The Catholic painters in the Counter-Reformation, like Rubens, went in the opposite way; they crammed their paintings with vivid and abundant shades.person, pi… Read More

Country-western singer Johnny Hard cash usually wore black on phase. In 1971, Cash wrote the track "Gentleman in Black" to explain why he wearing that shade: "We're doing mighty great I do suppose / Within our streak of lightning vehicles and extravagant apparel / But just so we're reminded of those who're held back again / Up front there should be… Read More