Why do you think donatello chose to make mary magdalene have a haggard, emaciated look?

For psychological intensity, to add realistic qualities and emotion.

For psychological intensity, to add realistic qualities and emotion.

Explanation:

Donatello chose to make Mary Magdalena as penitent for her sins (in the desert for thirty years) with an appearance that pleads forgiveness. She is shown as a haggard, deeply wrinkled, and clothed in rags with missing teeth. The reason for bestowing in a way was to express her sins, which stolen her beauty to the public. The wooden statue of Penitent Magdalena shows an eminence level of realism with expression and emotion.

frederick the great, king of prussia was a general

artists followed a set of rules to achieve ideal proportion.