A 151 Frederik Ruysch Quiz!
- 1.The relivent area of study that thrived in Amsterdam in the 17th cent was?
- A.
Botany
- B.
Anatomy
- C.
Optometry
- D.
Divination
- 2.In the 17th cent first-hand observation of what was increasingly regarded as the main source of knowledge and important part of medical education?
- A.
Collection of human and animal "oddities"
- B.
Burials
- C.
Dissection of humans
- D.
Dissection of animals
- 3.Still-life and vanitas paintings represent what?
- A.
Inanimate objects
- B.
Dead bodies
- C.
Landscape
- D.
All of the above
- 4.What did people of the 17th cent associate with the objects from still-life and vanitas paintings?
- A.
Human fragility and the brevity of life
- B.
Creation in all its wonder and glory
- C.
What was cheep at the local market that day
- D.
The inner workings of creation and the world around them
- 5.What does memento mori mean ?
- A.
Life is beautiful
- B.
Life is pain
- C.
Remember your creator
- D.
Remember your mortality
- 6.To whom did Ruysh sell his collection?
- A.
Phillip II
- B.
Queen Victoria
- C.
Bizmark
- D.
Peter the Great
- 7.In the 17th/18th cent where did human dissections take place?
- A.
On the street
- B.
In a medical theater
- C.
In a theatrical theater
- D.
There was no norm at this time
- 8.What technique did Ruysch pioneer ?
- A.
Preservation of anatomical parts
- B.
Heart surgery
- C.
Brain surgery
- D.
Anatomical dissection
- 9.What is a tableaux to Ruysch's?
- A.
The codex of his research
- B.
His powerful contacts in Europe
- C.
The tools used for preservation of specimens
- D.
His creepy assemblages
- 10.Who's book, De Fabrica was Ruysch influenced by ?
- A.
Vesalius
- B.
Newton
- C.
Galileo
- D.
Moore
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