Digital Tour Archives - Norman Rockwell Museum: Recent Episodes
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings The Jungle Book (1995) Tales of young children raised by wolves date back to the legend of Romulus and Remus, the twins who founded Rome. However, none have captivated imaginations as completely as Rudyard Kipling’s stories of young Mowgli and the loyal animals [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings These 13 (1979) Music Credit: Appalachia Waltz Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer & Mark O’Connor Album: Appalachia Waltz Written By: Mark O’Connor – arr:Meyer First published in 1931, These 13 by William Faulkner was the author’s first mass-release short story collection. It includes [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings The Covenant (1980) Music Credit: Remember Me Lucky Dube Album: Prisoner Written By: Richard Siluma Though he knew it to be an important literary work, Jerry Pinkney had not read The Covenant until he was commissioned to illustrate it. Excited by the [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings Gulliver's Travels (1974) Music Credit: He Ran All the Way Bobby McFerrin Album: Medicine Music Written By: Bobby McFerrin Limited edition releases by The Franklin Library, the nation’s largest distributor of classic books designed for the collector’s market, featured Jerry [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings The Talking Eggs (1989) An adaptation of a Creole folktale, The Talking Eggs tells the story of a sweet young heroine who labors in service to her lazy mother and sister until her kindness to an old woman propels her into a miraculous world. Among [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings Rikki Tikki Tavi (1997) Carefully observed, animal behavior and the distinct creature characteristics are reflected in Pinkney’s images for Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, which feature Nag and Nagaina, two giant cobras who rear their sinister heads, and Darzee and the birds, who sing out messages of [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings Puss in Boots (2015) Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault was first published in France in 1697, and later translated in England in 1729, the time period in which Jerry Pinkney’s version is set. The story focuses on the antics of a clever [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings The Nightingale (2002) The Nightingale is the story of a humble songbird whose beautiful voice brings her great fame and an esteemed place in the king’s court. Ultimately, after saving the life of the king, the nightingale chooses to leave her regal new [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings John Henry (2009) Jerry Pinkney worked closely with author Julius Lester on several important works inspired by cultural narratives, including John Henry, a childhood favorite that offered the opportunity to "create an African American hero that would inspire all." The importance of leading [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings Aesop’s Fables (2015) & The Lion and the Mouse (2009) Music Credit: Circle of Life Tsidii Le Loka, The Lion King Ensemble, Lebo M & Faca Kulu Album: The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Written By: Elton John and Tim Rice Personification [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings The Tales of Uncle Remus (1987) Music Credit: Salt Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie Album: Groovin' High Written By: Gillespie / Clarke A collection of stories about the exploits of Brer Rabbit and other colorful creatures, the tales of Uncle Remus [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings The Old African (2005) Music Credit: Oh Freedom Sweet Honey In the Rock Album: Freedom Song (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Written By: Traditional The Old African is portrayed as powerful and intelligent being who longed for freedom and his homeland. In [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings Their Eyes Were Watching God (1991) Music Credit: My Man’s Gone Now Miles Davis Album: Porgy and Bess Written By: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & D. Heyward Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937, is the best-known work of [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings The Little Match Girl (1999) Music Credit: Agnus Dei, Op. 11 David Hill: Winchester Cathedral Choir Album: Lux Aeterna Composed By: Samuel Barber When Jerry Pinkney adapted this classic Hans Christian Andersen tale, he transformed the author’s European setting [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings Noah’s Ark (2002) Music Credit: Didn’t It Rain? Marion Williams & The Gospel Caravan Album: Gospel les grands classiques Written By: Traditional Jerry Pinkney’s mother Willie Mae was a homemaker and an occasional day worker, and was largely responsible for keeping [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings God Bless the Child (2012) Music Credit: Shine On Me Gloria Jean Pinkney Album: Music From Our Lord's Holy Heaven Written By: Gloria Jean Pinkney Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.’s swing spiritual God Bless the Child, written in 1939, was [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings Sam and the Tigers (1996) Music Credit: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (Without Narration) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Ondrej Lenard Album: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (Without Narration) Composed By: Sergei Prokofiev Sam and the Tigers [...]
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DIGITAL TOUR: Jerry Pinkney: Imaginings The Ugly Duckling (1999) Music Credit: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Sarah Vaughn Album: This Is the Life Written By: Harold Arlen In this emotional retelling of a classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, a duckling who is different from [...]
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