tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post352294107195972009..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: A Celebration of Historic Dutch Militia: Rembrandt's Night Watch.Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-32497697762294323512011-10-27T13:34:17.719-05:002011-10-27T13:34:17.719-05:00Interesting to note that generations of art "...Interesting to note that generations of art "authorities" waxed eloquent about Rembrandt's use of dark and somber tones in this painting, only to find out recently after a thorough cleaning that they were talking about a layer of candle soot and decomposing varnish.<br /><br />Ditto for their horror over the "cartoonish" look of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling after it was cleaned of 400 years of filth.<br /><br />Kinda like the infamous "shoulder thing that goes up".<br /><br />Some experts aren't very, If you catch my meaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-61590665976137004982011-10-27T12:46:36.373-05:002011-10-27T12:46:36.373-05:00Another piece of evidence that the painting is a d...Another piece of evidence that the painting is a day scene that has darkened over time, one of the background figures is using a lens to light the match on his musket. This was pointed out to me years ago when I called the painting "The Night Watch"Michael Gilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-47873159034865159252011-10-27T11:53:55.683-05:002011-10-27T11:53:55.683-05:00I worked in Amsterdam for a year and a half. I sp...I worked in Amsterdam for a year and a half. I spent several weekends in the Rijks museum ... up close you can feel the emotion coming off of the painting - something that I have not experienced with other paintings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com