The man with the Gloden Helmut

This painting by Rembrandt is the one I like most of the resources. Oil painting normally has better and attractive colors, compared to some other painting styles. There is the high contrast in this painting, especially on his dress. But on his face, it’s soft. Obviously, the key light comes from our top left corner, his top right corner, then focus on his Golden Helmut. It highlights the Golden Helmut rather than his face, which makes audiences directly feel his might and horner for the first time. Low contrast on his face makes audiences feel like he actually was not ogreish, and there was something upset he was hiding.

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