Rosie the Riveter by Norman Rockwell
Title : Rosie the Riveter Author : Norman Rockwell Nature of the document : magazine cover, painting Date : 1943
Question : What did this picture mean for women in World War II ?
Description : In the background, the American flag,
Under her feet, Mein Kampf Hitler’s book
On her lap, a huge tool
On her chest, badges of merit and victory
A picture inspired by : Michelangelo’s prophet Isaiah
What is she wearing ? Is she doing anything ? What is the look on her face ?
Analysis :
The meaning of the flag…Crushing Hitler’s book….
The role of women in World War II
Conclusion : what did the picture mean for men and women in World War II ?
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Movie extracts about war
1984, after a novel by George Orwell. Ask me for the corresponding extract of the novel.
Full Metal Jacket by Stanley Kubrick
Apocalypse Now by F.F. Coppola
Letters from Iwo Jima by Clint Eastwood
Allo Allo, a British series about France during World War II
The Wall, by Pink Floyd, a film after their album.
Hair, by Milos Forman
The Dictator, by Charlie Chaplin
Blitz Wolf, a cartoon by Tex Avery
Stop that Tank ! , a cartoon by Disney
Useful links
The Imperial War Museum in London Here and especially its poster gallery.
The national World War Museum. Click here
visual arts and war
Banksy
Jasper Johns
Fritz Koenig
Lee Miller (photographer)
Paul Nash
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Carl Fredrick Reutersward
WORLD WAR I PAINTERS : a useful list of artists and their paintings.
LIFE MAGAZINE WEBSITE here
LIST of PROTEST SONGS
Anti-war songs :
Imagine by John Lennon
Bring Em Home by Pete Seger
This Land is Your Land by Woodie Guthrie
Draft Dodger Rag by Phil Ochs
Give Peace a Chance by John Lennon
People Have the Power by Patti Smith
Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation by Tom Paxton
War by Edwinn Starr
I ain’t Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs
With God on our Side by Bob Dylan look here for context and documents.
Army Dreamer by Kate Bush
Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2
No Man’s Land by Eric Bogle
Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley
Spanish Bombs by the Clash
Goodbye Blue Sky by the Pink Floyd
Belfast Child by the Simple Minds
Russians by Sting
American Idiot by Greenday
Baghdad by the Offspring
Where is the Love by the Black Eyed Peas
