One of the most distinctive masks worn during the Carnival of Venice is “Il Medico della Peste,” or “The Plague Doctor.” But the distinctive bone-white mask and black clothing was actually ...

Avoid him like the plague ... as a 17th-century plague doctor, according to a report. The menacing oddball — who sports a black cloak, hat and beak-like mask — has been spotted several ...

But what’s the reality behind the iconic mask? Not Just Any Doctor Plague doctors were government contractors. When the plague struck a European town, the local government hired a doctor ...

The plague doctor costume looks like a cross between a steampunk crow and the Grim Reaper, and has come to represent both the terrors of the Black Death and the foreignness of medieval medicine.

If you see someone dressed like a plague doctor today, their mask will typically be a long, white curve sculpted from papier-mâché. These modern masks are based on the Medico della Peste ...

In the 17th century, people believed these outfits could purify poisonous air. They were wrong. During the 17th-century European plague, physicians wore beaked masks, leather gloves, and long ...

"Made my nurse be a medieval plague doctor ... white feather headpiece that evokes big Black Swan energy, the 2010 thriller drama that stars Natalie Portman as an impassioned ballerina. The ...