{"product_id":"the-winter-sovereign-framed-winter-solstice-print","title":"The Winter Sovereign — Born of the Longest Night | Framed Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe wears the bare branches of winter as a crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis head is bowed. Between his hands, a sun burns at the breast, laying its gold across the heavy folds of his mantle. The face above it has the gravity of someone who has lived through more than one season of darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Winter Sovereign is our image of guardianship. His authority rests in the care with which he holds the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the years that ask us to become a shelter, and for what we are still willing to keep alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInspired by\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRome met midwinter with the Saturnalia, which began on 17 December and grew to seven days. Work stopped, and households gave each other gifts, including wax candles. A mock king, the \u003cem\u003eSaturnalicius princeps\u003c\/em\u003e, presided over a short reign in which the usual order was set aside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther north, the Venerable Bede wrote in the eighth century that the Anglo-Saxons called December and January \u003cem\u003eGiuli\u003c\/em\u003e, the Yule months, named for the time when the sun turns back and begins to grow. They began their year on the night of 25 December, which they called \u003cem\u003eModranecht\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Mothers' Night\". In the alchemical \u003cem\u003eRosarium philosophorum\u003c\/em\u003e (1550), the solar principle appears as a king. Our Sovereign brings these together: a ruler of the dark half of the year, holding the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the one who becomes the shelter, and stays steady while others rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSizes: 12 × 16 in \/ 16 × 20 in (vertical)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack solid-pine frame, matte finish; clear plexiglass front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatte paper print; no mat. The art sits on a deep black field. About ¼ in at each edge sits beneath the frame lip, and the composition is set back to allow for it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives fully assembled and ready to hang, with hangers fitted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted and framed to order in the US or Canada. Ships to US addresses only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtwork by Shawn Neville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade with AI assistance, following human aesthetic, mythic and historical direction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"12\" x 16\" (Vertical) \/ Matte \/ Black Frame","offer_id":67750728204376,"sku":"18608187768328623696","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16\" x 20\" (Vertical) \/ Matte \/ Black Frame","offer_id":67750728237144,"sku":"22997444411116833334","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/5698\/4920\/files\/2628457074189320482_2048.jpg?v=1792254746","url":"https:\/\/oldheavenapparel.com\/products\/the-winter-sovereign-framed-winter-solstice-print","provider":"Old Heaven Apparel ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}