Norman Rockwell
Accompanying the first major traveling exhibition of works by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), this volume presents a complete reappraisal of one of America`s most beloved artists. Contributors from a wide range of fields--including leading art historians, cultural critics, a renowned child psychiatrists, and a leading graphic designer--shed new light on the complexity of Rockwell`s art and his place as a shaper of mass-media imagery. Stunning colorplates reproduce Rockwell`s paintings in crisp detail, and the essays set them in fresh contexts, discussing such themes as Rockwell`s urban scenes; the reaction by both black and white Southerners to Rockwell`s historic civil rights painting THE PROBLEM WE ALL LIVE WITH; AND Rockwell`s role in the development of American illustration. Above all, this important volume examines Norman Rockwell`s critical place in 20th-century American culture.

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