The reading passage discusses the painting Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet which is misattributed to Rembrandt. The lecturer presents the recent findings that refute these claims.
Firstly, the passage states that the painter does not have attention to detail since the dressup of the lady in the painting is mismatched and Rembrandts was known for his attention to detail. lecturer mentions about the x-ray results of the painting which shows that the cap was not at all part of the original painting. In addition to that, she says that the painting has been repainted to increase its value and importance.
Secondly, the painting has some issues with lighting and shadows. The lecturer explains this by saying that the color of the fur was not dark in the original painting rather it was of light-colored cloth and unlike dark color, it would have reflected the light from the fur.
Lastly, Passage says that Rembrandt has never used glued wooden panels for his paintings. The lecturer argues that the painting has been enlarged by someone at a later time to increase its value for painting. Moreover, she asserts that the wood used to enlarge the painting was the same wood that Rembrandt had used in his earlier paintings. Indeed, according to the researchers, the painting is drawn by Rembrandt.
To summarize this, the lecturer gives various explanations for the questions being raised on the attribution of the painting to Rembrandt.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 194, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Lecturer
... was known for his attention to detail. lecturer mentions about the x-ray results of the...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, lastly, moreover, second, secondly, so, in addition
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1226.0 1373.03311258 89% => OK
No of words: 242.0 270.72406181 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.06611570248 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.94415379849 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6206427828 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 126.0 145.348785872 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.520661157025 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 351.9 419.366225166 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.5507366949 49.2860985944 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.166666667 110.228320801 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1666666667 21.698381199 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 7.06452816374 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 4.45695364238 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.288429943924 0.272083759551 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117302327139 0.0996497079465 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0664120398529 0.0662205650399 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.165124215121 0.162205337803 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0522003670803 0.0443174109184 118% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.48 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 63.6247240618 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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