Essays Tagged: "Norman Rockwell"

Going Home Again was a creative writing assignment about going back in time while staying still.

sleep in the town Inn.In about five miles the town proper came into view-an image straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. It ornate three-story houses of brick or weathered clapboard nestled on st ...

(4 pages) 66 1 2.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

This is an essay about Norman Rockwell and his painting "Boyhood Dreams"

Norman Rockwell was a very realistic and successful 20th century artist. His paintings were recogniz ... is entitled, Boyhood Dreams. It entails a certain meaning that can relate to my cultural background.Norman Rockwell was considered a reserved man, not given to grand gestures. He impressed himself on ... all go running to the fence and watch in awe as it flew by us. That is why I chose this painting by Norman Rockwell to relate to my cultural background because it shows how this boy can be taken aghas ...

(3 pages) 78 0 4.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Norman Rockwell, The Storyteller With A Brush

Norman Perceval Rockwell, born in New York City 1894, has always been fascinated with art although i ... "a badge of honor" because he had accomplished so much without it.Painting to please his audience, Norman Rockwell likes to put happiness in his work along with a bit of humor. His creations are real ... e used a lot of charcoal and pencil, I think that the main media he used was oil on canvas.By 1923, Norman Rockwell became one of the worlds most popular cover artist in the US. Evening Post Magazine ...

(3 pages) 79 0 4.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Basic Descriptive essay about a lucky t-shirt.

days until the baseball hitting clinic was to take place; I even crossed off the days on our annual Norman Rockwell calendar on our kitchen refrigerator. As I arrived at the then brand new Anderson Ce ...

(4 pages) 39 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

The Evolution of the American Family Values over the Years since the 50s and how it affects the up Bringing of a Child

cts with in-laws but in the end they represent the American family.In the painting The Family Tree, Norman Rockwell portrayed America as a diverse country with people coming from many ethnic backgroun ... olombo, Robert Cullen, Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004. 6th edition 48-53Rockwell, Norman. A Family Tree. Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing. Ed. G ...

(4 pages) 55 0 5.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

At The Net: Game, Set, And Fish?

rownin', bobber watchin', or cane pole twitchin' variety of fishing so vividly portrayed in many of Norman Rockwell's "Kodak moment" like paintings. Any American male over the age of ten can instantl ...

(4 pages) 769 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Julie's Wings (Fiction)

king lot like ripples on a calm lake. The frost on Julie's car windshield looked like crystals in a Norman Rockwell painting.Her frostbitten fingers turned the key to her quaint home. She slowly walke ...

(4 pages) 1023 0 3.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Norman Rockwell's Freedom Of Speech

"Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech" February 20, 1943 "The color and texture of the main figure's h ... tail conveys the idea that in a democracy everyone has an equal voice regardless of social status." Norman Rockwell was born in 1894 and lived until 1978. His career consisted of many paintings that p ... and joy of recognizing, understanding, and appreciating works of art.Out of the many paintings that Norman Rockwell has painted throughout his career, Freedom of Speech is a painting that exemplifies ...

(3 pages) 23 0 2.3 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Family Ties: Learning from the Past

me at night to a cozy living room and dinner" (Soto 29).Likewise, the painting Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell depicts a family of the era sitting down to eat dinner together, and all family memb ... Coontz, Stephanie. "What We Really Miss About the 1950s". 1997. In Colombo et al. 32 - 47.Rockwell, Norman. "Freedom from Want" and "Freedom from Fear". 1943. In Colombo et al.23 - 24.Solomon, Robert. ...

(5 pages) 31 0 5.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The American Dream

wards these goals and dreams.Liberty allows us to act and speak freely in society, to have freedom. Norman Rockwell depicted this very well in his "Four Freedoms" paintings: the one with the rough-hew ...

(3 pages) 4 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers