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Norman Rockwell's four freedoms : freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear / Stuart Murray and James McCabe ; with essays on the four freedoms by John Frohnmayer [and others] ; foreword by Laurie Norton Moffatt.
LIBRA - Special ND237.R68 M87 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murray, Stuart, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978--Criticism and interpretation.
- Rockwell, Norman.
- Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978.
- Civil rights in art.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 144 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- 1998 edition.
- Other Title:
- Four freedoms
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Gramercy Books, 1998.
- Summary:
- Inspired by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech, noted American illustrator Norman Rockwell created one of his most 'famous series of paintings, depicting freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. This story of the popular images includes the full text of FDR's speech, the original essays that accompanied the art in the Saturday Evening Post, and many patriotic essays. on the concept and art of the Four Freedoms. Fully illustrated in black-and-white, with 16 pages of full-color reproductions, this beautiful volume also includes a collection of Rockwell's other World War II and patriotic illustrations.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms 1
- Part 2 Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms 31
- Part 3 The Nation's Four Freedoms 55
- To The Present 93
- The Four Freedoms Today
- Freedom of Speech: John Frohnmayer 101
- Freedom of Worship: Theodore H. Evans 102
- Freedom from Want: James MacGregor Burns 104
- Freedom from Fear: Brian Urquhart 105
- The Four Freedoms: William J. vanden Heuvel 107
- The Four Freedoms in a World at War
- The Office of War Information Essays 109
- The Saturday Evening Post Essays 125
- The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge 142.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Stockbridge, Mass. : Berkshire House, 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has birthday card laid in at back.
- ISBN:
- 0517202131
- 9780517202135
- OCLC:
- 38048399
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