The further west you go, the more you feel the density of the population and the development of the economy, although the temperament of Europe is generally classical and traditional, but the more westward you go, the more you can feel some anti-traditional and avant-garde sentiments.

I can't define whether some of the more open and too open currents of thought are progressive, because there are many so-called avant-garde ideas that I don't agree with, or even despise and dislike.

I believe in freedom, equality, and fraternity, and I have great respect for Europe, which advocates such ideals.

However, it is a fallacy to take the truth one step further. So, I'm very dismissive of some of the so-called emancipatory rhetoric. Especially when it started to challenge my moral bottom line, I simply hated it.

Unlike the traditional romantic Eastern Europe, the social atmosphere of Western Europe is more practical, utilitarian, and even degenerate.

It is true that there is a progressive side here, with developed education, affluent people, high level of science and technology, advanced ideas, active thinking, and a high degree of tolerance.

I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to Andrea's upbringing and working environment.

Compared with Russia, which has a vast territory, the countries of Europe seem to be small and pitiful. I traveled through several countries without even knowing it, and this one of my stops was in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands is known as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and because of its Dutch province, the Netherlands (Netherland) is mostly known as the Netherlands in the world.

What do I think of the Netherlands? I asked myself:

Was it in the 17th century, the world's most powerful maritime overlord, once known as the country of sea coachmen? Is it a seawall, a windmill, a tulip? Is it the famous Dutch school? Is Ajax FC I familiar with? Or is it the tolerant social ethos? The laws on drugs, abortion and abortion are among the most liberal in the world. It was also the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia.

I came to Amsterdam with a great curiosity about the country.

The Netherlands is known worldwide as a country of the Low Countries.

Amsterdam is a peculiar city. There are more than 160 large and small waterways in the city, connected by more than 1,000 bridges. Roaming the city, bridges are crisscrossed and rivers are crisscrossed.

Amsterdam is inhabited by water and water flows into the city.

From a bird's-eye view from the air, the waves are like satin and resemble spider webs.

The interior of the city is 1-5 meters below sea level and is known as the "Venice of the North".

The unique landscape makes Amsterdam's tourism industry very strong.

Amsterdam Canalside Streetscape: The canal-side houses in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, were built in the mid-17th century, mostly red brick buildings, with elegant stepped spires. The canal is lined with bars, restaurants and gift shops.

The canals and bridges are lit up to create a romantic atmosphere.

The craft shop is filled with clogs and windmills. Some shops are also decorated with windmills.

This reclaimed "underwater city" was once drained of the dikes by windmills, which created land for the Netherlands, which is also known as the "Land of Windmills".

For centuries, Amsterdam has been a magnet for persecuted people from all over Europe, especially Jews or pagans from France or other Catholic countries.

Amsterdamming is a melting pot of different nationalities, one Catholic and then Protestant.

And because of their experience in negotiating with foreign countries and the high level of trade, the people of Amsterdam have long been cosmopolitan.

Over the centuries, the years have given the Dutch a broad-mindedness, and at the same time formed a great tradition of tolerance for heresy.

As a result, Amsterdam is an immense attraction for many foreigners, immigrants and intellectuals, all eager to join this fascinating and diverse world.

Some have likened Amsterdam to the "Noah's Ark" for asylum seekers.

For me as a museum freak, the beer, cheese and food in the Netherlands are far less attractive to me than the art galleries here.

There are more than 60 galleries and museums in Amsterdam.

Among them, the more representative ones are concentrated in the Museum Square. These include the Rijksmuseum, which houses works by Rembrandt's Night Guard and other famous Dutch painters of the 17th century, the National Van Gogh Museum, which has the world's largest collection of Van Gogh's works, and the Stedelijk Museum, which houses works by Gauguin, Picasso, and other famous Impressionist painters.

Of course, I will never miss the opportunity to "have a dialogue with the masters across time and space", and visiting those masterpieces will always be the most sacred moment for me.

More than 200 paintings and more than 600 paintings by Van Gogh (1853-1890) on display at the Van Gogh Museum, such as "Sunflowers", "Poppies", self-portraits with and without ears, and four oil paintings made during the last year of his life; But not all the works, and the incomparable "Starry Night" is not here.

There are many other paintings on display in the museum, all of which are representative of the "Dutch School" in history.

The Dutch School of Painting has made outstanding contributions to the development of world art history, and their works have been loved by people for hundreds of years.

If it weren't for Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh and other great artists, I would really have to question whether the Dutch were only interested in pornography and food.

Rembrandt? Halmansson? Every? Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 ~ October 4, 1669) was one of the greatest painters of the 17th century in Europe and the greatest painter in Dutch history.

He has a wide range of painting genres, and is good at portrait painting, landscape painting, genre painting, religious painting, history painting and other fields.

Rembrandt Rembrandt left behind more than 600 paintings, more than 300 etchings and more than 2,000 drawings during his lifetime, and painted almost 100 self-portraits, almost all of his family members appeared in his paintings.

Rembrandt was not only Dutch, he occupies a place in the history of painting in Europe on a par with the great masters of the Italian Renaissance.

What made Rembrandt great was his special painting technique, chiaroscuro.

Rembrandt's chiaroscuro and Renaissance Italian writers' chiaroscuro have very different meanings.

The Louvre has two paintings that are considered to be masterpieces, "The Carpenter's Family" and "The Supper of Emmaus", which can be used to understand the authentic works of Len's "light and darkness".

The work "St. Stephen Killed by a Stone" (Musée de Lyon, Tibet) reveals the inner workings of the characters by capturing facial expressions.

In order to create a character with personality characteristics, he studied physiognomy all his life, and the results of his exploration are an important part of his painting technique.

Rembrandt's light is a universal and well-used light, using precise triangular light to outline the contours of the figure, leaving the rest hidden in light and darkness. It gives a sense of stability and solemnity.

Rembrandt's oil paintings have always used the "light and dark" approach, that is, using a black-brown or light olive brown background, summarizing the light as a concentrated line like a beam of flashlight, focusing on the main part of the painting.

This visual effect is as if the figure in the painting is standing on a black stage, and a bright light hits his face.

The French 19th-century painter and critic Romantin called Rembrandt a 'luminous bug', and others said that he painted light with darkness.

Among all Rembrandt's portraits, self-portraits occupy an important place, and there is hardly a second among all oil painters in history.

As far as his self-portraits are now in museums around the world, according to incomplete statistics, there are about 90 of them, of which 60 are oil paintings, 20 are copper engravings, and 10 are sketch self-portraits.

Judging from what happened to him and how he sold his property, it is likely that there were also self-portraits that were scattered in private hands.

One theorist calculated that he painted an average of two self-portraits a year, so the total number should be more than a hundred.

Not only are his self-portraits numerous, but the quality of his art also improves with age. Especially in the second half of his life, the grinding of real life allowed him to understand himself more deeply.

Around the 60s, his self-portraits had a distinct personality. The painter pays great attention to the inner temperament of the face, in which the viewer can discover an underlying inner language.

This Self-Portrait was painted in 1660 and was completed during the period when the artist lost his wife and his family property was sold and moved to live in Rosanfrahat. At that time, his career had fallen to such a point that he could only work as an "employee" in the "art processing company" run by Hendritch and his ex-wife's son, Titus, and worked all day as a messenger for the transportation of finished products. This painting is his real image at that time.

The 54-year-old Rembrandt, holding a palette and paintbrush in his left hand and his right hand on his waist, looked raunchy, revealing his poverty and shabbyness. Chubby figure, wrapped in a turban, only a pair of eyes were still shining, he seemed to be thinking about something, there was no smile on his face, and he stood coldly in front of the easel.

The background is faded to highlight the painter's upper body, which stands still like a tower, in which only the life of art holds him forever. His self-portraits are generally not dated, but if you arrange all his self-portraits, it can be seen that before the age of 34, his self-portraits are full of conviction and have a tenacious and resolute character.

In this self-portrait, the painter only uses simple and broad brushstrokes to carve his inner emotions, and the seriousness of his expression is the external reflection of the increasing pressure of life he endures.