Norman Rockwell and the Saturday Evening Post: The Early Years, the Middle Years, the Later Years

by Starkey Flythe

This is a stunning collection of Norman Rockwell illustrations from The Saturday Evening Post from 1916-1971. There are 323 treasured Saturday Evening Post covers reproduced in their original full... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567311318
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Fine Communications
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 9.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 14.5" x 2.0" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

would give 10 stars if I could

This book is a superior look at Rockwell's Post covers. The covers are reprinted in full and the color is superbly recreated. I own both this book and Christopher Finch's 332 covers and I must say that This book is better hands down. For one fact the Finch book illustrations are reproduced with a sharpness uninherant to the original covers that when compared with this book's full covers shows a pixelation and grainyness. Finch's Book adds too much to the colors and too much sharpness that hinders the subtelety of some textures of Rockwells work.Many Illustrations show tiny white spots where resolution has clearly been tweaked. If you must buy only 1 Rockwell book this is it. The covers are complete so headlines are included and give you more of a feel of the times they were printed in.The detail of texture is all here in all its glory. In the liner notes the authors mention how gathering these covers for print was a labor of love and a testament to the genius of Norman Rockwell. I can say it truly is. GET THIS BOOK AT ANY COST. It is the true printed ode to Rockwells Post covers. Amen!!

WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO NORMAN ROCKWELL

A must have for the Norman Rockwell fan. This book contains ALL 323 Saturday Evening Post covers (1916-1971), all reproduced in their original full size and in full color. Each cover is described with interesting background on Norman Rockwell's inspiration for painting them.