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'''Norman Percevel Rockwell''' (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) American illustrator best known for his covers for ''The Saturday Evening Post''. Often associated with children or idyllic American life. His paintings have been [[Small Reference Pools|frequently homaged or parodied in popular culture.]]

 

* "[[media:NR4Fear_8511.jpg|Freedom from Fear]]": Homaged in ''[[Empire of the Sun (novel)|Empire of the Sun]]''

* "[[media:rockwell_want_8435.jpg|Freedom from Want]]": Homaged in ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'', ''[[American Gangster]]'' as well as covers for JSA [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_slzL0vHRjtY/Sw1C_H0QB8I/AAAAAAAABfw/fMT2GsTJtiI/s1600/JSA_54.jpg #54] and ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' [http://www.comicbookjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fantastic-four-564.jpg #564]{{Dead link}}

* "[[media:The_Shiner_2152.jpg|The Shiner]]": Homaged in ''[[Forrest Gump]]''

* "[[media:Norman-Rockwell-The-Discovery-275x300_748.jpg|Boy Discovering Santa Suit]]": Homaged in ''[[The Polar Express]]'' and a deleted scene from ''[[Secondhand Lions]]''

* The setting of ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' is named "Rockwell" after the artist.

* Norman Rockwell appears as a character in the ''[[Young Indiana Jones]]'' episode "A Passion for Life".

** [[George Lucas]] and [[Steven Spielberg]] are both fans and collectors of Rockwell's art; in 2010 the Smithsonian held [https://web.archive.org/web/20091008032145/http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2010/rockwell/ an exhibition] of works from their collections.

* Rockwell is shown painting the original Silk Spectre in the [[Watchmen (film)|film adaptation of "Watchmen".]]

 

* [[Children Are Innocent]]

* [[Culture Equals Costume]]: "The Golden Rule"

* [[Marilyn Maneuver]]: "The Cave of Winds"

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Look at a bunch of Rockwell's small town life paintings then see "Let’s Give Him Enough and On Time".

* [[POV Cam]]: Subjects in Rockwell's paintings are often seen from behind in this manner.

* [[Recurring Character|Recurring Characters]]: Willie Gillis during [[World War II]] on ''Saturday Evening Post'' covers; [http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/06/26/art-literature/artists-illustrators/illustrator-norman-rockwell/norman-rockwells-cousin-reginald.html Cousin Reginald] on ''The Country Gentlemen'' covers.

 

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