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IntroductiontoTheNightwatch ImageResource:Oil Painting Reprodutions–Artisoo.com TheNightwatchwasafamouspaintingofHollandpainterRembrandtinthe 17thcentury.NowitispreservedintheHollandMuseumofAmsterdam.This paintingdepictedthecaptainandvice-captain(twocharactersinthepainting). Becauseofthedimlight,thispaintingwasmistakenthedepictionofthenight. Thecharactersinthepaintingwerereal.Somepeoplethoughtthispainting hidedsomestoriesandimpliedanotherlayerofmeaning. TheNightwatchwasmadein1642,measuring363x437cm.Thispainting wasagroupportraitofAmsterdam'sshooters.Eachshooterdeliveredone hundredDutchcoinsandthoughttheyoccupiedthesamepositionwithothers. However,Rembrandtwasnotinaccordancewiththesepeople'srequirements andtasteswhichplacedtheshootersintheluxuriousbanquetorlively entertainmenttoshoweachcharactersomewhatbroughtpretentiouspride andgrace,asHaldidnottieupsomanypeopleliketheportraitpaintings.In ordernottoplugsomanycharactersinthepainting,thepaintermadea carefuldesignofthecompositionandtriedtomakeeveryonearrangedand well-proportionedandalsomakethecenterspot.LieutenantKirkanddeputy
wereveryprominent.Thispaintinglightandcolorperformancewereamazingwereveryprominent.Thispaintinglightandcolorperformancewereamazing topeople.Theoriginalpaintingwastheperformanceoftheday,becauseof thelong-termsmoking.Andthecolorsbecomingblackmadepeople mistakenlyrefertothispaintingTheNightwatch.Thisoutstandingartwork didnotmeetthegunmeninterest,andledtheartistintoamisery! Artisoo Oil Painting Blog Reference: http://www.artisoo.com/OilPaintingBlog/the-nightwatch/