'The Anatomy Lesson' was an oil canvas painting painted on the 16th of january, 1632 by an artist called Rembrandt Harmenszoon. This piece shows one of many discoveries during the Renaissance. 'The Anatomy Lesson' shows that people were experimenting new ideas. This shows that the Renaissance was a time of questioning, people began to seek answers. The first dissection ever made was by Dr. Nicolaes Tulp. It was the first because the Catholic Church forbid dissection because they were afraid people would discover the souls location. This shows how the church was losing power and control over people. In the painting, you can see how that surgeons are focused on studying the human body. This painting is a reflection of the Renaissance because the renaissance was a time of discoveries and also because people were slowing breaking away from the church.

Driving Forces to the Renaissance

I think that the patrons were a big driving force to the renaissance. The patrons were people that invested in aspiring artists. Without them, artists like Brunelleschi and Donatello would not be as famous as they are now. The patrons were the people that brought new ideas and looked at things from a different view. Without them, Brunelleschi would not have come up with the idea of perspective. Cosimo De Medici challenged Brunelleschi to build the worlds largest dome, and when he was challenged to do this, he came up with the idea of perspective. Without the patrons, the renaissance would not have been what it was. They gave the artists an opportunity to emerge. I think that without the patrons, the renaissance would be a lot different.