Crucible Limited Edition Print

$150.00

Limited Edition Giclée Print (50)

Limited Edition Giclée prints are a classic medium for fine art reproductions. Professionally printed on deep matte fine art paper, this print is an archival piece. Each piece is numbered and signed by the artist, meaning the print you have is the only one that will ever be made.

Every print is carefully boutique packaged using acid-free materials. Your print will arrive in a clear plastic sleeve, with a white foam core backing board, titled on the back. Measures 20 x 16″, and ships in a sturdy box.

50 in stock

Description

crucible

(noun) cru·​ci·​ble | \ ˈkrü-sə-bəl  \

Definition of crucible

1a vessel of a very refractory material (such as porcelain) used for melting and calcining a substance that requires a high degree of heat
2a severe test: He’s ready to face the crucible of the Olympics.
3a place or situation in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change or development… conditioned by having grown up within the crucible of Chinatown …— Tom Wolfe / His character was formed in the crucible of war.
Crucible looks like it should be closely related to the Latin combining form cruc- (“cross”), but it isn’t. It was forged from the Medieval Latin crucibulum, a noun for an earthen pot used to melt metals, and in English it first referred to a vessel made of a very heat-resistant material (such as porcelain) used for melting a substance that requires a high degree of heat. But the resemblance between cruc- and crucible probably encouraged people to start using crucible to mean “a severe trial.” That sense is synonymous with one meaning of cross, a word that is related to cruc-. The newest sense of crucible (“a situation in which great changes take place”—as in “forged in the crucible of war”) recalls the fire and heat that would be encountered in the original heat-resistant pot.

Additional information

Weight .25 lbs
Dimensions 20 × 16 × 0.25 in
Giclée Print

Limited Edition Giclée prints are a classic medium for fine art reproductions. Professionally printed on deep matte fine art paper, this print is an archival piece. Each piece is numbered and signed by the artist, meaning the print you have is the only one that will ever be made.

Every print is carefully boutique packaged using acid-free materials. Your print will arrive in a clear plastic sleeve, with a white foam core backing board, titled on the back. Measures 20 x 16", and ships in a sturdy box.