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  1. The Night Watch is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings. Rembrandt's large painting ( 363 by 437 centimetres (12 by 141⁄2 feet)) is famed for transforming a group portrait of a civic guard company into a compelling drama energized by light and shadow ( tenebrism ). The title is a misnomer; the painting does not depict a nocturnal ...

  2. A mystery thriller starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey as a married couple who plot to kill each other after discovering their affair. Based on a play by Lucille Fletcher, the film was shot in London and released in 1973.

  3. Sep 19, 2023 · Night Watch was a fascinating historical fiction about the Civil War, the effects on both soldiers and civilians in the aftermath of the war and the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia. The story is told mainly through the eyes of Conalee, a young girl tasked with taking care of her mother and young half siblings.

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    • Jayne Anne Phillips
  4. Learn about the history and meaning of Rembrandt's largest and most famous painting, depicting a civic guard scene in action. See the details, the light effects, and the stories behind the Night Watch at the Rijksmuseum.

  5. Aug 10, 1973 · Night Watch: Directed by Brian G. Hutton. With Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Robert Lang. A nervous woman is a witness to murder...but whose?

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    • Horror, Mystery, Thriller
    • Brian G. Hutton
    • 1973-08-10
  6. Aug 6, 2024 · The Night Watch depicts the captain of the guard as he leads his yellow-clad lieutenant as they round up the uniformed ranks. Only 18 of the 34 characters in the scene are portraits of actual people; the remaining figures are symbolic, such as the young girl in yellow, who is the allegorical emblem of the guard.

  7. The captain, dressed in black, gives the order to march out. The guardsmen are getting into formation. Rembrandt used the light to focus on particular details, like the captain's gesturing hand and the young girl in the foreground. She was the company mascot. The nickname Night Watch originated much later, when the painting was thought to ...

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