'The Anatomy Lesson'

'The Anatomy Lesson' is an oil on canvas painting by Rembrandt Harmenszoon of Leiden which was created on the 16th of January, 1632. 'The Anatomy Lesson' is showing a story that represents one of the many discoveries made in the Renaissance. You can see the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons crowding around a dissection, studying the human's arm and it's muscles and tendons inside it as well as taking notes about what they saw. This shows that the Renaissance was a time of curiosity and inquiry which lead to discovery of the human body as well as other subjects. You can also see that the dissection is performed by Dr. Nicolaes Tulp whom could only execute this procedure if he were allowed to - which shows that the Renaissance was beginning to be a time where the Church wasn't as powerful and controlling as it was before (which was only caused due to fear of discovery of the human's soul) and was starting a new era where people found logical and rational answers instead of relying on the stories of the Bible. This painting reflects society in the Renaissance by showing how the Renaissance has changed in a way that they are discovering about the human body and aren't just relying on answers from the Bible or from the Church.