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Rembrandt is the most famous of the seventeenth-century Dutch painters. However, there are doubts about whether some paintings attributed to Rembrandt were actually painted by him. One such painting is known as "Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet." The painting was attributed to Rembrandt because of its style, and indeed the representation of the woman’s face is very much like that of portraits known to be by Rembrandt. But there are problems with the painting that suggest it could not be a work by Rembrandt. First, there is something inconsistent about the way the woman in the portrait is dressed. She is wearing a white linen cap of a kind that only servants would wear—yet the coat she is wearing has a luxurious fur collar that no servant could afford. Rembrandt, who was known for his attention to the details of his subjects’ clothing, would not have been guilty of such inconsistency. Second, Rembrandt was a master of painting light and shadow, but in this painting, these elements do not fit together. The face appears to be illuminated by light reflected onto it from below. But below the face is the dark fur collar, which would absorb light rather than reflect it. So the face should appear partially in shadow—which is not how it appears. Rembrandt would never have made such an error. Finally, the examination of the back of the painting reveals that it was painted on a panel made of several pieces of wood glued together. Although Rembrandt often painted on wood panels, no painting known to be by Rembrandt uses a panel glued together in this way from several pieces of wood. For these reasons, the painting was removed from the official catalogue of Rembrandt’s paintings in the 1930s.
The reading and the listening discusses about the validity of the painting named - "Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet." The reading states that the painting doesn't reflect certain key characteristics of Rembrandt paintings and hence it was removed from the official catalogue in 1930s. On the other hand the speaker clarifies the reasons for those characteristics and proves that the paintings were painted by Rembrandt himself.
First of all, the reading specifies about the dress code of the lady in the painting. It states that it was very inconsistent to Rembrandt's characteristic paintings since, the cap she was wearing was of a white linen, which was of akind only servants would wear whereas it was paired with a luxurious fur collar which no servant could afford. To this the author refuted by stating the fact that the fur collar was actually painted over the original painiting after 100 years to enhance the look. If that paint is removed, you could see a normal white collar which pairs perfectly with the cap.
Also, the reading later posits that the shadow and lighting in the painting is inconsistent and Rembrandt wouldn't commit such a mistake in his paintings. It said that eventhough the lady is wearing dark fur collar, the face is shown to illuminate which is not possible since the fur would absorb the light, making the face look partially in shadow. To this the speaker disagrees by stating the fact as discussed earlier. The fur was painted over the original painting. When the fur was removed, the white collar perfectly comprehends to the light and shadow in the painting. Therefore, refuting the claims made in the reading.
Furthermore, the reading talks about the painting to be painted on wooden pannels glued together - again not likely of Rembrandt's characterisitcs of painting. To this the speaker has clarified that at the same time when the fur was painted over the original painting, more wooden pannels were glued to make the painting appear large and attractive. Originally, the painting was painted on a single wooden pannel as Remrandt would like to paint. In fact she also mentions that this painting use the same tree's pannel as was used by one of Rembrandt's earlier painting which was his self-portrait.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: doesn't
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Message: The article is probably missing here: 'in the 1930s'.
Suggestion: in the 1930s
...was removed from the official catalogue in 1930s. On the other hand the speaker clarifie...
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Suggestion:
...paintings since, the cap she was wearing was of a white linen, which was of akind...
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Suggestion: wouldn't
... painting is inconsistent and Rembrandt wouldnt commit such a mistake in his paintings....
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, first, furthermore, hence, if, look, so, therefore, whereas, in fact, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 10.4613686534 201% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 30.3222958057 168% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1896.0 1373.03311258 138% => OK
No of words: 378.0 270.72406181 140% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01587301587 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40933352052 4.04702891845 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74035200036 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 180.0 145.348785872 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.47619047619 0.540411800872 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 556.2 419.366225166 133% => 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: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 69.5505380551 49.2860985944 141% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.5 110.228320801 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.625 21.698381199 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.3125 7.06452816374 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.129885042221 0.272083759551 48% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0536025095988 0.0996497079465 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0408317783496 0.0662205650399 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0934158166805 0.162205337803 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0390287573394 0.0443174109184 88% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 13.3589403974 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.87 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 63.6247240618 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.7273730684 135% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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