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ELLEN'S PRESENTATION - The Nightwatch - Contenido educativo

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Subido el 29 de diciembre de 2022 por Alexandra E. B.

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This is the Night Watch, a painting painted by Rembrandt van Rijn in 1642. 00:00:00
Back in 1639, Rembrandt van Rijn got a commission from Captain Bonnenkok and the members of his Civic Guard to paint them. 00:00:06
This was nothing new, there was a whole genre dedicated to the painting of Civic Guards. 00:00:13
The Civic Guards were groups of men that were supposed to guard the city, but by the time the Night Watch was painted, they were no longer a necessity and had become ceremonial. 00:00:17
Though the Nightwatch might be part of a genre, the painting differs from all the others in 00:00:25
many ways. 00:00:30
The most obvious difference is that the men in the painting are all doing something. 00:00:31
In most group portraits, everyone is posing and neatly in a row, everyone equal. 00:00:36
There might be a few people in the background, they probably paint less than the one in the 00:00:40
foreground, but they're all posing. 00:00:44
Rembrandt didn't want to do this. 00:00:47
He painted them as if they were about to march out. 00:00:48
The painting is full of movement. 00:00:51
This sounds like the whole painting is just a mess, but looking closely you can see the 00:00:53
diagonal lines that create order. 00:00:57
Rembrandt is famous for his use of light in his paintings. 00:01:00
Here you can see for example that the lieutenant on the right side of the captain and the girl 00:01:03
on his left are standing in the light, while the rest of the painting is rather dark. 00:01:07
The two of them are standing beside the most important figure, drawing attention to him, 00:01:11
the captain. 00:01:15
It took Rembrandt three years to finish this painting and when it was finally done in 1642, 00:01:17
The painting was called Militia Company of District 2 under the command of Captain Frans 00:01:22
Bonnenkoek. 00:01:27
The name changed because about a hundred years after it was painted, the painting had darkened 00:01:28
due to a buildup of dirt and the darkening of the many layers of varnish on top of the 00:01:33
painting. 00:01:36
This caused the painting to look like it was set at night time and so he got the name The 00:01:38
Night Watch. 00:01:41
Even after the painting was cleaned and it became clear that it was actually a daytime 00:01:43
scene, people kept calling it The Night Watch and the name stuck. 00:01:47
Between 1642 and now, a lot has happened to the night watch. 00:01:52
As you can see, the night watch is really big, it's 363 cm by 437 cm. 00:01:56
It used to be even bigger, but pieces were cut off it to fit a particular room and the 00:02:03
last pieces have never been found. 00:02:08
Because of this, a few people are no longer in the painting. 00:02:10
The night watch has also been attacked several times. 00:02:15
Back in 1911, a man was mad at the state for losing his job and tried to cut into the painting 00:02:18
with a knife. 00:02:23
It was stopped before he could do any serious damage, so he only managed to make a few scratches 00:02:24
in the varnish. 00:02:29
In 1939, the painting was taken out of its frame, rolled up and put in a safe in the 00:02:32
caves of Maastricht, a city in the south of the Netherlands. 00:02:36
This was to protect it during World War II. 00:02:40
After the war ended, the painting was restored, put back into its frame and returned to the 00:02:43
Rijksmuseum. In 1945 Arthur van Schendel, the director of the museum, fell onto the 00:02:46
painting. Somehow this did not cause any damage. In 1975 a man did manage to cut 00:02:53
into the painting and caused severe damage. A big restoration was needed to 00:03:00
get the painting to look like it used to. Then there was an angry and confused man 00:03:04
in 1990. He sprayed hydrochloric acid onto the painting and luckily this 00:03:09
damage only the varnish and was cleaned right after so it did not leave any permanent marks. 00:03:14
This was it for the Nightwatch, enjoy the museum! 00:03:20
Idioma/s:
en
Autor/es:
Ellen van Valkengoed
Subido por:
Alexandra E. B.
Licencia:
Reconocimiento
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13
Fecha:
29 de diciembre de 2022 - 12:56
Visibilidad:
Público
Centro:
IES MIGUEL CATALAN
Duración:
03′ 26″
Relación de aspecto:
1.78:1
Resolución:
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