The smile in Kooning's Woman I painting is a reference to Renaissance art, specifically the Monalisa's smile which can be interpreted as either smirking or disgust.
<h3>Who was Willem de Kooning?</h3>
Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) was a Dutch American nationalized painter, an exponent in the years after World War II of abstract expressionism and gestural painting.
One of his best-known works is the Woman series. In the case of the first work of this series, the author refers to Renaissance art because the expression of the woman's lips refers to Monalisa's lips, which do not have a clear expression and allow interpretation by those who contemplate her.
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- Because he was coddled as a child, Rob was a rather self-centered teenager.
- After hearing the raucous, cheering response to Adam’s speech, Mr. James feared that his new student body president might be an amateur demagogue.
<h3>What does it mean to be coddled?</h3>
The word coddled means to treat a person in a way that is overprotective or trying to take care of a person too much.
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Music is a big part of our everyday lives. You can call tapping your fingers music. Birds singing can also be music. Anything that involves sound can be music. Music is a part of everyone. Whether or not someone likes music or hates music, music is still a part of them.
Explanation: This can be used as the introduction, I got to go really soon sorry can't finish.
