{"product_id":"the-villagers-decide-gold","title":"The Villagers Decide (Gold)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"background: white; mso-highlight: white;\"\u003eHaving exhausted the village’s sheep, the elders confront the inevitable escalation of their appeasement: from livestock to children, and ultimately to the king’s daughter. Skull motifs on the children and their toys evoke a growing sense of\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003efatalism, while the scene is rendered with deliberate surrealism befitting the magical yet terrifying world the villagers inhabit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"background: white; mso-highlight: white;\"\u003eTwo dragons feature: one defeated by St. George (shown in the picture on the wall, to which the young girl points) and another outside the window. The composition borrows its central arrangement from Rembrandt van Rijn’s ‘The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp’ (1632, Mauritshuis, The Hague). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"background: white; mso-highlight: white;\"\u003eThe floating, disjointed perspective heightens the tension of the unmade decision hanging in the air.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 17.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe Villagers Decide (Gold)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eLaser engraved acrylic, 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e34 x 36 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 80%;\"\u003e£150\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated by Charlie Kirkham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59557671371086,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/7026\/1838\/files\/Villagers_Decide_Gold_Gen.png?v=1777726642","url":"https:\/\/charliekirkhamcurator.com\/products\/the-villagers-decide-gold","provider":"Curated by Charlie Kirkham","version":"1.0","type":"link"}