Rosie the Riveter and Visual Propaganda

  

Visual propaganda during WWII helped to get housewives into the workforce.  The iconic image of J. Howard Miller's "We Can Do It" is often confused with Norman Rockwell's cover "Rosie the Riveter."  Norman Rockwell's cover of Rosie was inspired by Michaelangelo's depiction of Isaiah on the ceiling mural of the Sistine Chapel.   Rockwell added much symbolism in his cover including the robust arms of Rosie, and the Hitler magazine underneath her foot.  A link to a very enlightening video by the Library of Congress on You Tube explains the symbolism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04VNBM1PqR8

An Island of Dots

Seurat, Jatte, and Dots.  It's all about the dots.  Georges Seurat used a scientific method of using little dots to create this painting.  The brain does the rest. It is proof that we really see with our brain and not our eyes. The dots of color when seen together creates new colors and images. The brain does the work of putting the dots together and mixing the colors.  It took Seurat 2 years to create this painting of dots.  There is a modern commercial that imitates this painting.  Who can guess that commercial?