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encouraged: gave encouraged: gave confidence to; urgedconfidence to; urged

He He encouragedencouraged his son to paint his son to paint and draw.and draw.

The piano teacher The piano teacher encouragedencouraged her student to keep practicing.her student to keep practicing.

style: a way of doing style: a way of doing somethingsomething

Picasso’s painting Picasso’s painting stylestyle changed over the period of his changed over the period of his life more than any other great life more than any other great artist.artist.Which Which stylestyle of painting do you of painting do you like best, realistic or cubism?like best, realistic or cubism?

controversial: something controversial: something causing a disagreementcausing a disagreement

Others thought Picasso’s Others thought Picasso’s painting were just too strange. painting were just too strange. This meant that they were This meant that they were controversialcontroversial..Having school all year long is a Having school all year long is a controversialcontroversial subject. subject.

monuments: buildings or monuments: buildings or structures that honor someone structures that honor someone or somethingor something

Picasso had just visited Rome, a Picasso had just visited Rome, a city filled with statues and city filled with statues and monumentsmonuments..In Washington, D.C., In Washington, D.C., monumentsmonuments have been built to honor some of have been built to honor some of our former presidents.our former presidents.

originality: ability to originality: ability to create something new or create something new or

differentdifferentThe thing that made Picasso such The thing that made Picasso such a great artist was his a great artist was his originalityoriginality..The artist’s work showed great The artist’s work showed great originalityoriginality. No one had seen . No one had seen anything like it before. anything like it before.

scenery: painted scenes scenery: painted scenes on a theater stageon a theater stage

He even made costumes and He even made costumes and sceneryscenery for plays. for plays.

The play won an award for its The play won an award for its beautiful beautiful sceneryscenery..