Heroic Icons

The image in the poster on the left really portrays what the copy says. The soldier not only has patriotism, but holds firmly onto it in his hands. I feel that this poster works well for stirring up the emotions of the American people during times of war.

I really am glad that I had the opportunity to read "Heroic Icons". I never thought about the importance of an artist and designer on shaping the opinions of large groups of people or stirring their emotions to support what a government wants them to do. Kind of makes me feel that art, no matter what kind, can be important and not just "fluff". Kind of makes me feel that I could possibly do something that would be important and not just "fluff".






The first poster to pop into my head after reading the article was "Rosie the Riveter". It was one of the few war posters that I've seen and have even seen a time or two in movies that took place during WW II. " A few months after Rockwell’s image, the most famous image of Rosie appeared in the government-commissioned poster “We Can Do It” (Yellin 44)."















I never realized that there were any other Rosie the Riveter posters other than "We Can Do It" until I was looking for a picture of it. "Norman Rockwell’s image on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on May 29, 1943 was the first widely publicized pictorial representation of the new “Rosie the Riveter”. "
I feel that Norman Rockwell's version looks a little more like the "everyday woman" than Yellin's version.














In the "Heroic Icons", Superman and other comic super heroes were "tapped into the universal desire for invincible heroes to uphold, in this case, "Truth, Justice, and the American Way." Thinking about Rosie the Riveter made me think of Wonder Woman. I thought that maybe Wonder Woman was modeled after Rosie the Riveter, but then I found out that Wonder Woman "first appeared in All Star Comics #8, which was published by All American Publications in December of 1941. " I find it kind of interesting that they were created around the same time.