When just getting a glimpse of the painting the only attention that is drawn, is the light of the candle and only a partial of the woman's face is lighted. The lighted area seems to captures the women's (Magdalen) thoughtful world as she sits and stares off into the dim wall. By the light of a single candle, the woman's flesh seems almost translucent. As the dim wall transforms into the dark so does the rest of the surroundings of the painting.

The dark area of the painting seems to have much more detail and a tale about the women. The darkened areas consist of a stack of books, a table, chair, and the women holding the skull on her lap. Her clothing

The date of the painting was provided but with just observing it, it was something different from the world of the Renaissance. It does carry the classical body of the human as well as the naturalism of movement. The way her heavy clothing, smooth flesh, and hair make it natural. Not only is naturalism taking place but there is a sense of proportion and balance with the items on the table and setting. With these characteristics it goes beyond the common brightness of art into a more morbid pondering mind of an individual. Not only is this individual very natural but also does seem to represent an elite social class but rather a common pleasant in the world of own her thoughts.

The fact that this piece appears to have been a more personal work than a public art work suggest that it was not very popular style of painting. Just looking at the painting does not seem to draw any attention to a crowd but is quit disturbing. When I mentioned not popular I meant by within society not within artist. It seems like artists

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