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717 Gigapixel Image of Rembrandt's Nightwatch

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565 points gaws | 1 comments | 25 Jan 22 00:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.403s | source
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biesnecker ◴[25 Jan 22 01:17 UTC] No.30066616[source]▶
Seeing Night Watch at the Rijksmuseum a decade or so ago totally changed my view of seeing things in a museum vs. seeing them online. I'm a child of the internet and had this view that seeing it on my screen was good enough, but wow is Night Watch incredible up close and in person. Overwhelming, almost. A totally different experience.

That said, this image is amazing, and lets you see a lot more detail than you can easily manage at the museum.

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1. mutagen ◴[25 Jan 22 03:56 UTC] No.30067783[source]▶
Yes, my first visit to the Met in NYC really opened my eyes to how impressive these works are in person and how much a photo on a screen does not convey. Not just the masters, but some of the portraits of people I've never heard of and by relatively unknown artists in styles I didn't particularly appreciate.