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115年
英文
第 33 題
📖 題組：
For centuries, real human bodies have played a crucial role in the development of both anatomical science and visual art. From Renaissance engravings to 19th-century medical atlases, artists and surgeons relied on cadavers to produce detailed images of the human body. Yet behind these precise and often beautiful illustrations lie unsettling histories of exploitation and unequal power. An exhibition titled Beneath the Sheets: Anatomy, Art and Power, held at the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds, examines five centuries of anatomical imagery. Many of the bodies depicted belonged to executed criminals, the poor, or socially marginalised individuals who had no say in how their bodies were used or displayed. One famous example appears in Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp (1632), which portrays the dissection of an executed man whose crime was stealing a winter coat. Anatomical illustrations were essential to medical education. As 18th-century surgeon John Bell argued, an anatomy book without images was useless. However, the exhibition highlights that these lavishly illustrated books were owned by wealthy collectors, far removed socially from the people whose bodies filled their pages. Advances in printing later made such books even more ornate, turning them into display objects. Access to bodies was a constant problem. As executions declined in the 19th century, a black market emerged. Bodysnatchers stole corpses from graves and sold them to medical schools, prompting families to take extreme measures to protect the dead. The exhibition ultimately asks viewers to reconsider whose bodies shaped medical knowledge — and at what cost.
For centuries, real human bodies have played a crucial role in the development of both anatomical science and visual art. From Renaissance engravings to 19th-century medical atlases, artists and surgeons relied on cadavers to produce detailed images of the human body. Yet behind these precise and often beautiful illustrations lie unsettling histories of exploitation and unequal power. An exhibition titled Beneath the Sheets: Anatomy, Art and Power, held at the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds, examines five centuries of anatomical imagery. Many of the bodies depicted belonged to executed criminals, the poor, or socially marginalised individuals who had no say in how their bodies were used or displayed. One famous example appears in Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp (1632), which portrays the dissection of an executed man whose crime was stealing a winter coat. Anatomical illustrations were essential to medical education. As 18th-century surgeon John Bell argued, an anatomy book without images was useless. However, the exhibition highlights that these lavishly illustrated books were owned by wealthy collectors, far removed socially from the people whose bodies filled their pages. Advances in printing later made such books even more ornate, turning them into display objects. Access to bodies was a constant problem. As executions declined in the 19th century, a black market emerged. Bodysnatchers stole corpses from graves and sold them to medical schools, prompting families to take extreme measures to protect the dead. The exhibition ultimately asks viewers to reconsider whose bodies shaped medical knowledge — and at what cost.
What does the passage suggest about the owners of anatomical books?
- A They were mostly surgeons.
- B They were socially similar to the cadavers depicted.
- C They viewed the books as purely scientific tools.
- D They were generally wealthy.
- E They opposed public displays of art.
思路引導 VIP
請留意第三段關於書籍製作與印刷演進的描述。當一本書被形容為「裝幀華麗 (lavishly illustrated)」且逐漸演變成「陳列品 (display objects)」時，這反映出當時能夠購買並收藏這類書籍的人，通常具備什麼樣的經濟實力或社會地位呢？
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文本細節的精準對應
這題的答案關鍵隱藏在文章第三段。文中明確提到：「這些裝幀華麗、附有插圖的書籍，是由 『富有的收藏家 (wealthy collectors)』 所擁有」。同時，作者還特別強調這些擁有者在社會地位上與書中描繪的對象（通常是窮人或社會邊緣人）是「截然不同 (far removed socially)」的。此外，文中提到隨著印刷技術進步，這些書變得更加華美，甚至成為了「陳列品 (display objects)」，這都進一步支撐了擁有者具備經濟實力的推論，也排除了 (B) 與 (C) 的可能性。
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