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Enduring Ideals : Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms
(2018)
  • James Kimble, Seton Hall University
  • Stephanie Plunkett
Abstract
Summary: Illuminates both the historic context in which FDR articulated theFourFreedoms -- Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear -- and the role of Rockwell's paintings in bringing them to life for millions of people, rallying the public behind the War effort and changing the tenor of the times. In telling the story of how Rockwell's works were transformed from a series of paintings into a national movement, the exhibition also demonstrates the power of illustration to communicate ideas and inspire change. Also includes numerous other examples of painting, illustration, and more, by both Rockwell and a broad range of his contemporaries, from J.C. Leyendecker and Mead Schaeffer, to Ben Shahn, Dorothea Lange, and Gordon Parks, among others.
Keywords
  • Norman Rockwell,
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt,
  • Human Rights in Art,
  • Civil Rights in Art,
  • National characteristics,
  • American
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Abbeville Press Publisher
Citation Information
James Kimble and Stephanie Plunkett. Enduring Ideals : Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms. Stockbridge, Massachusetts(2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james-kimble/24/