Most Helpful Customer Reviews
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Small, but packed, well written. Defines and defends., June 14, 1999
The book is small, but the illustrations still are reproduced extremely well. The essay alone is worth every penny. If you feel uneasy about your love for the work of Norman Rockwell, this book will give you the courage to like what you really like, without any more appologies. Buy it, read it, enjoy. You will, I guarantee.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
WORKS OF TIMELESS VALUES AND TOLERANCE, February 28, 2004
Perhaps more than any other contemporary artist Norman Rockwell enjoys popular mass appeal with his warm scenes of Americana. His Saturday Evening Post covers, which he created for more than four decades, enchanted a generation, as he painted his particular visions of daily life. His work bespeaks timeless values and tolerance, so much so that one of his ads was borrowed by an AIDS activist group to promote safe-sex awareness. What would Rockwell himself have thought of this? His son, Tom, said, "One of the things my father was associated with was tolerance. So I think it's fairly easy to know what he would have said."
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
5.0 out of 5 stars
Norman Rockwell by Montgomery, January 23, 2004
The work shows important illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post, his wedding and the Art Director's Club. Famous illustrations; such as, the New Tavern Sign are depicted.An illustration of "A Family Tree" is presented in full color together with other famous renditions of the artist. The Spirit of Education and the Airplane Trip are presented in full color. These were famous presentations in the Saturday Evening Post of the 1930s. There is a famous Christmas illustration from 1929 and the "Dreams of Chivalry". The famous "Golden Rule" is presented together with "The Prom Dress" and "The Outing". This is an important work for ownership by anyone interested in the modern artwork of the previous century.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
|