Books like Norman Rockwell

This is a book to peruse, study, enjoy, and treasure for a lifetime. For the Rockwell fan, this is one of the few must-haves.This is a very large, very heavy book. The works presented span Rockwell's oeuvre from the beginning through his heyday and after, while presenting the magazine covers for which he is famous along with other works that aren't as well known, such as advertisements and calendars.Though blurbs for the book trumpet the presentation of all of Rockwell's covers for the Saturday Evening Post, most of them are included only as 2 1/2" by 3 3/8" black-and-white "thumbnail" images. (Those wanting to see all the SEP covers full-color and full-size must get Norman Rockwell and the Saturday Evening Post, 3 Vols.) Some of the covers are indeed presented full-size and full-color, though, and the original oil paintings are reproduced for some of the more significant covers.One of the more notable features of this book is the inclusion of beautiful fold-out reproductions of some of Rockwell's murals and other "landscape" oriented paintings.The editor's intelligent commentary helps to put Rockwell and his work into historical perspective.