Willem de Kooning

Woman I, an abstract oil painting, painted by Willem de Kooning between 1950 and 1952 which is now located in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The painting is a woman who is disfigured and is not what women would normally look like. He emphasizes and distorts different aspects of her body, so it is less about her looks and more about what women represent entirely. Willem de Kooning uses color, emphasis, different proportions, and through the organization, he conveys his interpretation of women and how strong and powerful they are. In the painting, Kooning combines the background with the foreground; there is not any separation between the two. Both use the same colors which help to blend it together, giving little indication of where either starts. There is a background, but you cannot tell what is going on, it is just an arrangement of colors and lines. The only detail that is different about the two is that the foreground uses gray to emphasize the important areas of the painting which is centered on the woman. The artist uses a variety of cool colors such as blue and greens, but in some areas around the border Kooning paints with yellows and pinks sort of pastel colors which would be warm colors.…

From Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon we learn that Picasso actually has somewhat of a fear of women, and even his own sexuality, because he is afraid of catching syphilis. In a way he is portraying the very personal power women hold over his own mortal fragility. This instability causes him to portray them in a very harsh, and primal way, with extreme sexual power over the viewer. They become very stark and hard to look at forms, as opposed to visually stunning nudes. Willem De Kooning on the…

He and de Klerk entered a long series of negotiations to determine South Africa’s political future. They formed the convention for a democratic South Africa (CODESA) to debate the issues. Both men wanted peace in the country, but they had different ways of accomplishing it. Finally, the negotiations reached a compromise in 1993. Whites would have to share power with the black, and the other non-white racial groups in South Africa. In 1993, Mandela and de Klerk were selected to receive the Nobel…

Literature review Nelson Mandela was a South African leader. He succeeded to end apartheid and with the African National Congress (ANC), he was the first one who won the presidential election with black-African origin. Thus, Mandela received the Nobel Prize for Peace (Britannica, 2016). 27 years as a strong-willed prisoner (Shriberg and Shriberg, 2011, p. ) improved his personal development of forgiveness for his rivals, formed his strength and established supplementary leadership skills like…

more disadvantages. During his young adulthood, he was against apartheid. The outcome of it got him in jail for 27 years, but during that time he learned a lot more about life, became more bold and hardy during prison, and worked very hard. In prison Nelson Mandela was forced to work in the quarry, where you use a pickaxe to mine stone. The conditions were harsh and unfair for Nelson Mandela, however he powered through them. Eventually he began to gain power through jail even, trying to work…

ENGLISH MOCK EXAM Task 1 A great man, a great role model Nelson Mandela was born July 18, 1918 in South Africa, and he was a freedom fighter. He played an essential role in the human rights movement in South Africa. He is a role model for many people, but why? In this text, I am going to write about why he is an excellent role model for so many people. I am also going to compare him to Rosa Parks who is a similar role model. There are several reasons why Nelson Mandela is a great role model;…

F.W.De Klerk. President De Klerk’s motives for this were due to a list of dynamics including: sanctions, disinvestment and foreign pressure. After the release of political prisoners (including Nelson Mandela), talks between the government and ANC had begun and CODESA 1 was put together as the final and formal part of negotiations and as a forum to negotiate the transformation to national constitution and democratic elections. Since the beginning of the formal negotiation process on December…

The international political thinking of Thabo Mbeki 1. Biographical particulars Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on the 18th of June 1942 in Idutywa, Transkei, to Govan and Epainette Mbeki, whom were educators and activists. Thabo spent lengthy periods away from home, and was often raised by extended family and friends because Govan, as a prominent figure of the African National Congress, was concerned that they might be arrested by Apartheid police. Thabo also became politically active when he…

He met with many people in his lifetime, ones he liked, and ones he despised. However, he never showed any different emotions around people he disliked or the ones he liked. He learned this from being too close to a South African President F.W. de Klerk, as much as De Klerk appeared to enjoy Mandela, later on he ended up attacking him publicly about different issues that caught Mandela off guard. Kind of the start of the saying,”Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” Mandela’s theory…

method of passive resistance(non violence) doing things like boycotts and strikes for human rights. Nelson Mandela famous for ANC was the leader who led the movement to end apartheid. The sharpeville Massacre took place in 1960 , policed fired at peaceful black protesters in Sharpeville which killed 60 people. The government banned the ANC. This led Mandela to turn towards more violent actions. During 1962 Mandela received military training ground other countries to plan to violent attacks…