The Anatomy Lesson Of Dr. Tulp By Rembrandt

A Bridge Between Time

Throughout our lives we experience “Ah-ha! Moments” that can be small such as figuring out a math problem to big moments where you find out what career you want to do. The “Ah-ha! Moments” are the moments that make life interesting, because in these moments you are gaining knowledge. In each section of the class which includes music, literature, and art they give a bridge between time, meaning that in modern day we can see hysterical pieces. History helps us stay in touch with our past and helps us to learn where we came from. I think it is easy to look past all the pieces that come from our history, but after taking humanities it is hard not to notice these pieces in everyday life. It can be as small as the background

It takes more of the creative person to sit and read into each piece of art work to try and understand what the artist is trying to portray. Usually I will spend five to ten minutes trying to come up with something half decent of how the color strokes represent the artists distress, but while looking at the The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp by Rembrandt in 1632, I was pleasantly surprised. This painting was created on an oil canvas during the Restrained Baroque period and emphasized group portraits. Group portrait is a large canvas commissioned by a civic institution to document or commemorate its membership at a particular time (Sayre, Henry M., and Henry M. Sayre.). I felt like I could relate extremely well to this painting, because it was a doctor teaching his students about the anatomy of a human. I am a biology major and took anatomy last semester. So I felt like I could feel what the students were feeling in the painting, because I have been in their position. This piece of art again shows that history relates to modern day life, because even today we are memorizing the anatomy of humans. Something’s have changed due to the fact that technology and our knowledge has advanced. Instead of just learning the names of the bones/muscles in the body we are now learning that on top of all that the enzymes and molecules that are also involved. This particular painting made me think of things that have happened in my

Moments” are the moments that make life interesting, because in these moments you are gaining knowledge. All of my “Ah-ha! Moments” seem to be connected with the fact that in each moment I saw how history is so relevant to modern life. In Paradise Lost I found that even today we are still dissecting what happened in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. While observing the picture by Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp I made the connection that even the Baroque Era they were learning about how the body works just like we do in the modern world, such as my own Anatomy class. While listening to Canon in D Major I made the connection that this particular song is still used today in weddings, even though this was written back in the 17th century. This made me think of my favorite band Mumford & Sons, because in their song “Sigh no more” they used history by directly quoting Shakespeare express their