Amsterdam Good Art

This is a warning that if you're not into Art, this post may not be for you.  There are some cool famous paintings buried here. 

Who knew that the Good Samaritan took place next to pyramid and some pillars that look like they're form ancient greece?

What's up my hommies? I think this was a Gang selfie 1600s style. Notice the gang signs being flashed.

Here's the "Battle of Waterloo"  This painting was huge. See the next picture to give you an idea of scale.

Yeah, it pretty much took up the whole wall. I can't imagine how long it would take to paint to that level of detail.

David (he has a sling, assuming he's going to throw something at Goliath pretty quick).

 This cow reminded us of Krissy, because she paints cows.

"Children of the sea" by Jozef Israels. If someone wanted to buy me this painting to hang in my home, I wouldn't say no.

Van Gogh. Make sure you say the last GH in his name as if you are coughing.  

Van Gogh's brother I believe. He painted a ton of self portraits. We went to the Van Gogh museum next, but we weren't allowed to take pictures. What we learned was that he revolutionized the way color was used, but some of his paintings didn't look very nice.  Some were very nice.  Lots were experiments with Color as he was learning.

Suzy liked this painting a lot. Especially the sunset coming in from the top right corner.

This was a Dutch guy, Toorop I believe.

We thought this looked like a picture almost, the depth etc. was very realistic.

I liked this one. Also, this was the only windmill I got to see in Holland.

The last supper

 

Here is Rembrant's painting, the Night Watch.  

Apparently it was originally called the night watch because it was so dark. Then a few years later it was cleaned up, and they realized they were just in a building, and the sun was coming in from the side.

Another pretty darn large painting.

Even though the Night Watch is more famous, we liked this one better.

Look at the detail on Mr. Fancy Pants (see the previous picture, this guy was on the left of the painting)

Incredible amount of detail on each person.

I ain't afraid of no goose.

This was by Aelbert Cuyp. Who has a bunch of the city named after him.  

Woman pouring water by Vermeer. 

Still life with a Turkey Pie by Pieter Claesz. We were just struck by the detail on this picture as well. Also, the Turkey was interesting. Personally, I like mine without feathers, but to each their own I guess.

Here was a self portrait of Van Gogh. He was pretty poor, so he couldn't pay models I guess so He mostly practiced on himself.