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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 477038, member: 2844&quot;]I agree, Dutch art is often very different. Partly because we never had much aristocracy. It is &#039;civilian&#039; art, often with more freedom than that made for royal patrons etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just some of us dinosaurs.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> The others are now starting to regret the results of the ruthless modernisation tendency. After all, you can do both, modernise and cherish history.</p><p>There are still some &#039;destructionists&#039; though (my term). They even say the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum should be demolished because it looks like a Catholic church. Well, guess what, many 19th century museums in Western Europe and elsewhere look like churches.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Rembrandt&#039;s Nightwatch in the distance:</p><p><img src="https://www.froot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/De-geschiedenis-van-De-Nachtwacht-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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