▁critics ▁that ▁sens ual ity ▁and ▁er otic ism ▁of ▁the ▁women ▁in ▁the ▁painting ▁reflect ▁aspects ▁that ▁part ake ▁of ▁K ali ▁and ▁her ▁femin inity ▁em body ing ▁the ▁er otic ▁and ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁body ▁as ▁revolution ary . ▁Hence ▁the ▁er otic ism ▁of ▁these ▁bodies ▁and ▁their ▁revolution ary ▁aspect . ▁ ▁Fall ing ▁Sh ades , ▁ 1 2 ▁X ▁ 1 0 ▁feet ▁( 3 . 6 5 ▁X ▁ 3 ▁meters ), ▁oil ▁on ▁canvas , ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁The ▁composition ▁shows ▁a ▁lad der ▁moving ▁from ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁light ▁toward ▁the ▁front al ▁plane ▁and ▁re cedes ▁up ▁through ▁a ▁door way ▁where ▁the ▁lower ▁half ▁of ▁a ▁body ▁is ▁seen ▁disappear ing ▁out . ▁The ▁figure ▁appears ▁ups ide ▁down ▁div ing ▁diag on ally ▁from ▁the ▁upper ▁left ▁corner ▁toward ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁picture ▁but ▁does ▁not ▁enter ▁the ▁light ed ▁center . ▁It ▁is ▁suggested ▁by ▁some ▁writers ▁that ▁this ▁figure ▁has ▁reached ▁a ▁new ▁terminal ▁point , ▁one ▁that , ▁cons iders ▁death ▁not ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁the ▁individual ▁body ▁and ▁soul , ▁but ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁a ▁species , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁Split ▁of ▁Life .” ▁It ▁is ▁remarked ▁by ▁some ▁critics ▁that ▁“ man ▁has ▁arrived ▁at ▁a ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁where ▁he ▁has ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁anni h il ate ▁himself ▁through ▁his ▁technology ▁and ▁if ▁he ▁fails ▁at ▁this ▁he ▁is ▁faced ▁with ▁anni h ilation ▁through ▁disease .”