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Class 03 | 10/11/2023

Prototype

Light and shadow effects were tested in the videos below. One demonstrates a more dramatic effect, while the other is more subtle.

The music used is from Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Op. 62. While I understand that it might be more appropriate to find music from the same period as the painting, which is the Baroque era. Orchestras during that time were typically small, usually consisting of just one instrument per section. Unlike the late Classical or Romantic eras, which the composers aimed to express feelings, power, and passion in their music, resulting in compositions that were often either tormented or joyful. I am currently debating which music best complements the painting, and the example provided below is just a prototype.

I am concurrently gathering information from the resources listed below, which are still being updated.

Resources (as of oct 22):

Books:

  1. Koot, A.W.C. “Rembrandt’s Night watch. its history and Adventures.” Amsterdam: J. M. Meulenhoff, 1949.

  2. Berger, Harry. “Manhood, Marriage, and Mischief: Rembrandt's 'Night Watch' and Other Dutch Group Portraits.” New York, USA: Fordham University Press, 2006. https://doi-org.proxy.library.nyu.edu/10.1515/9780823292127.

  3. Hofstede de Groot, C. (Cornelis)., Visser, M. C. (1906). “Die Urkunden über Rembrandt (1575-1721).” Haag: M. Nijhoff.

Journal Articles:

  1. O’Connell, George. “Rembrandt van Rijn.” Art Education 14, no. 5 (1961): 8–12. https://doi.org/10.2307/3186598.

  2. GERSHMAN, ZHENYA. “Rembrandt: The ‘I’ Witness.” Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics 19, no. 2 (2011): 65–91. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41308565.

  3. Binstock, Benjamin. “Rembrandt’s Paint.” RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics, no. 36 (1999): 138–65. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20167480.

  4. Rosen, Jochai. “THE GUARDROOM SCENE: A VISUAL SOURCE FOR REMBRANDT’S ‘NIGHT WATCH.’” Source: Notes in the History of Art 28, no. 4 (2009): 32–39. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23208582.

  5. Heel, S. A. C. Dudok van. “Frans Banninck Cocq’s Troop in Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’: The Identification of the Guardsmen.” The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 57, no. 1 (2009): 42–87. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40383630.

  6. Rosen, Jochai. “The Dutch Guardroom Scene of the Golden Age: A Definition.” Artibus et Historiae 27, no. 53 (2006): 151–74. https://doi.org/10.2307/20067114.

  7. VERHOOGT, ROBERT. “‘Works of Patience and Love’: The Engravings by Johan Wilhelm Kaiser (1813-1900) after Rembrandt’s ‘Syndics’ and ‘Night Watch’ and Bartholomeus van Der Helst’s ‘Civic Guard Banquet.’” The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 60, no. 3 (2012): 234–67. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41703572.

Videos:

  1. “Rembrandt: Smart Secrets of Great Paintings.” Films On Demand. 2016. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=237298&xtid=143637.

  2. “The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn.” https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2y2130.

  3. “Lecture 4: The Night Watch: Rembrandt, Group Portraiture, and Dutch History.” Yale University Art Gallery. 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rxO-Xd-5jY

  4. “Operation Night Watch: Research and Treatment of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch in the Rijksmuseum.” Yale University Art Gallery. 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16MAmiDDJkg.

Websites:

  1. Open University. "Dutch Painting in the Golden Age." OpenLearn, https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/dutch-painting-the-golden-age/content-section-4.1.

  2. "Kloveniersdoelen, Amsterdam." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloveniersdoelen,_Amsterdam.

  3. Rijksmuseum. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en.

  4. Rembrandt Research Project. http://rembrandtresearchproject.com.

  5. NIGHTWATCH3D. http://www.nightwatch3d.com/information.htm.