{"id":2047,"date":"2021-07-03T15:39:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T13:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/03\/enjoy-the-restored-night-watch-but-dont-ignore-the-machine-behind-the-rembrandt\/"},"modified":"2021-07-03T15:39:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T13:39:21","slug":"enjoy-the-restored-night-watch-but-dont-ignore-the-machine-behind-the-rembrandt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/03\/enjoy-the-restored-night-watch-but-dont-ignore-the-machine-behind-the-rembrandt\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy the restored Night Watch, but don\u2019t ignore the machine behind the Rembrandt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The computer restoration of this masterpiece illustrates both the benefits and the dangers of AI<\/p>\n

In the late 1970s I lived and worked briefly in the Netherlands. Often, on Sundays, I would travel to Amsterdam, go to the morning concert in the Spiegelzaal<\/em> of the Concertgebouw<\/a>, and afterwards walk over to the Rijksmuseum, Holland\u2019s national gallery, and spend a couple of hours there. The museum is a wonderful storehouse of Dutch art and there was always much to explore. But on nearly every visit I found myself being drawn back to one of Rembrandt\u2019s most famous pictures \u2013 The Night Watch<\/a><\/em> \u2013 which I guess is to the Rijksmuseum what the Mona Lisa is to the Louvre.<\/p>\n

Its official title is Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq<\/em>. It came to be called The Night Watch<\/a><\/em> because by the end of the 18th century it had darkened considerably through the accumulation of layers of dirt and varnish, leading to the belief that the painted scene had occurred after dusk.<\/p>\n

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\nThe computer restoration of this masterpiece illustrates both the benefits and the dangers of AI
\nIn the late 1970s I lived and worked briefly in the Netherlands. Often, on Sundays, I would travel to Amsterdam, go to the morning concert in the Spiegelzaal of the Concertgebouw, and afterwards walk over to the Rijksmuseum, Holland\u2019s national gallery, and spend a couple of hours there. The museum is a wonderful storehouse of Dutch art and there was always much to explore. But on nearly every visit I found myself being drawn back to one of Rembrandt\u2019s most famous pictures \u2013 The Night Watch \u2013 which I guess is to the Rijksmuseum what the Mona Lisa is to the Louvre.
\nIts official title is Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq. It came to be called The Night Watch because by the end of the 18th century it had darkened considerably through the accumulation of layers of dirt and varnish, leading to the belief that the painted scene had occurred after dusk. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The computer restoration of this masterpiece illustrates both the benefits and the dangers of AI In the late 1970s I lived and worked briefly in the Netherlands. Often, on Sundays, I would travel to Amsterdam, go to the morning concert in the Spiegelzaal of the Concertgebouw, and afterwards walk over to the Rijksmuseum, Holland\u2019s national …<\/p>\n

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