Rockwellesque
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Rockwellesque, or Norman Rockwellesque, is an adjective used chiefly in the United States to describe in an often depreciatory way something characteristic to the work of Norman Rockwell, particularly his idealistic, quaint, sentimentalized portrayals of American life.
[edit] Quotations
“ 'It's an oasis in the midst of a concrete jungle,' said Dowd, a gaunt, ruddy-faced Norman Rockwellesque figure.”
- Washington Post, 6 April 1980, G1.
“ Afterward, there is a Norman Rockwellesque church supper.”
- Vanity Fair, July 1994, 113/1.
“ I saw a rather disturbing cartoon on the Opinion page today..a Norman Rockwellesque family sitting down to a serving of bin Laden.”
- Modesto Bee, 23 November 2001, B8.
[edit] References
- "Norman Rockwellesque". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.
