NORMAN ROCKWELL Celebrating Everyday America LTC 4240 Art

NORMAN ROCKWELL: Celebrating Everyday America LTC 4240: Art for Children

Introduction to the Artist Norman Rockwell Biography, Part 1 (5: 31) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ti. L 24 GF 3 q_s Norman Rockwell Biography, Part 2 (6: 18) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=0 TO 4 k. Ompy. UM

Norman Rockwell “Breaking Home Ties” 1954 “I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed. ” Norman Rockwell

Rockwell’s work is about CELEBRATION • Work demonstrates optimism and frequent humor • Even serious subjects offer a ray of hope

Rockwell’s work is also about IDENTITY • Visually conveyed IDENTITY with familiar visual cues – Costumes, props, setting – Facial expressions, postures, and gestures • Common, recognizable settings and experiences help the viewer identify with the events portrayed.

Rockwell’s work is about RELATIONSHIPS as well. • Depicted universally recognized RELATIONSHIPS – Tapped into sociocultural and historical knowledge of viewer – Facial expressions, postures, gestures, and proximity • Again, common, recognizable settings and experiences help the viewer identify with the RELATIONSHIP events portrayed.

Rockwell’s work is about STORIES • Contain story elements of character, setting, plot, point of view • Draw upon visual, social, historical and cultural literacy of the viewer who constructs and reads the narrative • (What’s going on in this picture? )

Rockwell’s Common Themes • • • Celebrating the common, often overlooked Celebrating change and invention Celebrating tradition and the past

Studio Activity: • TSW create a photography-based magazine cover design that celebrates 21 st century American using one of these Rockwell themes – Celebrating American through the common, often overlooked – Celebrating American change and invention – Celebrating American tradition and the past • To avoid potential copyright issues, you are asked to use your own, original photograph. (This may be a photograph you have previously taken. )

Studio Activity (CONT’D) • Art Medium: Digital Photography – Tool Options: • Digital Camera • i. Pad • i. Phone – Supplemental Technology Tool Options: • Microsoft Word • Photoshop • Any App that allows you to use text on top of images.

Studio Activity (CONT’D) • Procedure: Procedure – TSW will create a fictitious magazine cover using original photography and computer-based production tools. – The magazine cover will CELEBRATE AMERICA as it conveys one of Rockwell’s themes through a 21 st century lens. – The magazine cover will feature a central photographic image created by the student that is consistent with theme (visually tells the story). It may contain supplemental photographs to reinforce theme or make the magazine cover “believable. ” – The magazine cover will feature headings, abbreviated text, and other stylistic elements that make it visually recognizable as a magazine cover.

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References Norman Rockwell Museum (2013). [Images]. Retrieved from http: //www. nrm. org/dev/collections-2/the-collection/ Rockwell, P. (2007). American chronicles: The art of Norman Rockwell, Part 1. Retrieved from https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ti. L 24 GF 3 q_s Rockwell, P. (2007). American chronicles: The art of Norman Rockwell, Part 2. Retrieved from https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=0 TO 4 k. Ompy. UM Rockwell, N. (1920). [Image]. Shadow artist. Retrieved from http: //blogs. smithsonianmag. com/aroundthemall/files/2009/10/rockwelloct 05. jpg