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Senses and sensation

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Psychophysiology
Neurophysiology
Knowledge, Theory of
Neurophysiology
Psychophysiology
Knowledge, Theory of

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Images about Senses and sensation

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  • A man cuts his finger with a knife; representing the sense of touch. Pen drawing by A. Overlaet, 1761, after D. Teniers.
  • A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.
  • An old woman with a flower; representing the sense of smell. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
  • A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.
  • An old woman wearing spectacles; representing the sense of sight. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
  • A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
  • Ten demonstrations of digestion, blood circulation, breathing, bone structure, smell, hearing, sight, touch, taste, the nervous system, and muscle structure. Coloured lithograph by C. Bethmont, ca. 1860 (?).
  • The fallibility of the senses: above, justice, fame and deceit; below, doctors conducting an autopsy on a cadaver, surrounded by onlookers. Engraving, 1692.
  • A gardener smelling a flower; representing the sense of smell. Etching by T. Kitchin after D. Teniers.
  • The sense of smell: a man lying in bed smells flowers as another lights some incense, above, a priest stands before a burning sacrifice of a lamb. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.

Works from the collections

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    Commentatio de examine physiologico organi visus et systematis cutanei : quam pro loco in gratioso medicorum ordine rite obtinendo die XXII Decembris MDCCCXXIII / publice defendet Joannes Evangelista Purkinje.

    Purkyně, Jan Evangelista, 1787-1869. | Date: [1823]
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    A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.

    Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676. | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 26944i
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    The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

    | Reference: 47105i
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    A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

    Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603. | Reference: 26958i
    Part of: The five senses (Martin de Vos)
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    A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.

    Dubufe, Claude-Marie, 1790-1864. | Date: 1st May, 1830 | Reference: 563686i

Related topics

Sensation
Touch
Smell
Hearing
Visual Perception
Taste
Christianity
Perception
Thinking
Animals - Symbolic aspects

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