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Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch (2022)

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Re: Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch (2022)

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Post by wrsh07 »

curiousgal wrote: post #8

To be honest I don't understand the obsession about documenting things that are done to the painting. Going through that section of the museum I felt like the curators cared more about showcasing their efforts to store the painting than the painting itself.

I always find it fascinating! Much like it is important in a museum of natural history to note "science isn't finished, some of these things are still under research" it's important to contextualize the painting you see today.

The painting today is different than it was fifty years ago or a hundred years ago or from the day it was completed.

It's common for paintings to be modified after completion, either by the creator or by the current owner. Whose version are you seeing? What are the possible versions?

Anyway, the best part of a museum is you don't have to look at the things that bore you

Re: Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch (2022)

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Post by zokier »

ck2 wrote: post #40

Very vaguely related to image detail but you know what similarly impressed the heck out of me: you know that first ever imaging of a black hole using telescopes across the globe and even the poles to make the signal gathering as wide as possible? well that telescope (interferometer) could also image a TENNIS BALL on the MOON (in perspective currently 5 meters is the best resolution of the moon we have and they only g…

There is fairly significant difference in radio observations and visible spectrum imaging though. You aren't going to get 5m resolution visible light image of the Moon any time soon.

Re: Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch (2022)

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Post by mejutoco »

grugagag wrote: post #38

Fascinating to see how the paint cracked. I zoomed in around the faces of the three men on the bottom right hand side and there are light areas on their faces with few cracks and dark areas with lots of cracks, eg around the noses. I wonder what caused that.

I do not know of course, but black oil painting cracks more than other colours. I think it is common to mix black colour with a bit of dark blue to avoid excessive cracking. That could be a potential explanation.

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Post by ErigmolCt »

wkat4242 wrote: post #18

I worked at this museum a few decades ago on a contract job, it was cool to walk around among so much history. Though I never really could appreciate the "old masters" from the Dutch Golden Age. Their work was part art and part record-keeping for which nowadays we have photography and video. The subject of many of these works are stuffy rich people posing for the "family album". Artfully done yes but boring subjects…

Art’s impact often depends on context

Re: Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch (2022)

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Post by ErigmolCt »

hnbukkake wrote: post #46
wkat4242 wrote: post #18

I worked at this museum a few decades ago on a contract job, it was cool to walk around among so much history. Though I never really could appreciate the "old masters" from the Dutch Golden Age. Their work was part art and part record-keeping for which nowadays we have photography and video. The subject of many of these works are stuffy rich people posing for the "family album". Artfully done yes but boring subjects…

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Modern art is definitely not everyone’s cup of tea yet it's designed to provoke, challenge, and sometimes irritate.

Re: Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch (2022)

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Post by diego_moita »

The Rijksmuseum is on my top 5 list of museums I've ever visited, along with the Vatican Museum, the Louvre, the Met and the Uffizzi.

There are a lot more interesting works in there including Vermeer, other Rembrandt works, Pieter DeHooch, Rubens, the whole golden era of Dutch Renaissance...

Since you're in Amsterdam already save some time to visit the VanGogh Museum, very close to Rijksmuseum.

And since you're in Netherlands already save some time to go to Den Hag (the Hague) to visit the Maritius Huis museum and the cool M.C. Escher museum.

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