{"id":29682,"date":"2015-10-23T05:38:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T12:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=29682"},"modified":"2016-11-04T01:54:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T08:54:06","slug":"creative-prompt-333-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/creative-prompt-333-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Prompt #333: Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crown Point Press<\/p>\n<p>Definition: &#8220;A <b>crown<\/b> is the traditional <a title=\"Symbol\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Symbol\">symbolic<\/a> form of <a title=\"Headgear\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Headgear\">headgear<\/a> worn by a <a title=\"Monarch\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarch\">monarch<\/a> or by a <a title=\"Deity\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deity\">deity<\/a>, for whom the crown traditionally represents <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Political power\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_power\">power<\/a>, <a title=\"Legitimacy (political)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legitimacy_%28political%29\">legitimacy<\/a>, <a title=\"Victory\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victory\">victory<\/a>, <a title=\"Roman triumph\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_triumph\">triumph<\/a>, <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Honor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honor\">honor<\/a>, and <a title=\"Glory (religion)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glory_%28religion%29\">glory<\/a>, as well as <a title=\"Crown of Immortality\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_of_Immortality\">immortality<\/a>, <a title=\"Righteousness\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Righteousness\">righteousness<\/a>, and <a title=\"Resurrection\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resurrection\">resurrection<\/a>. In <a title=\"Art\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Art\">art<\/a>, the crown may be shown being offered to those on Earth by <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Angels\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angels\">angels<\/a>. Apart from the traditional form, crowns also may be in the form of a <a title=\"Wreath (attire)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wreath_%28attire%29\">wreath<\/a> and be made of flowers, <a title=\"Civic Crown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civic_Crown\">oak leaves<\/a> or <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Crown of Thorns\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_of_Thorns\">thorns<\/a> and be worn by others, representing what the <a title=\"Coronation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coronation\">coronation<\/a> part aims to symbolize with the specific crown. In religious art, a crown of <a title=\"Crown of Immortality\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_of_Immortality\">stars<\/a> is used similarly to a <a title=\"Halo (religious iconography)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halo_%28religious_iconography%29\">halo<\/a>. Crowns worn by rulers often contain <a title=\"Crown jewels\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_jewels\">jewels<\/a>.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28headgear%29\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Crown Royal Canadian Whiskey<\/p>\n<p>Crown Battery<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\">The Slime <em>Crown<\/em> is used to summon King Slime, a Boss-type enemy in Terraira.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>dental crown<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\"><em>Crown<\/em> Castle is the nation&#8217;s largest provider of wireless infrastructure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>dental crown<\/p>\n<p>Triple Crown<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\">Violet <em>Crown<\/em> Cinema is a locally owned and operated cinema with four screens devoted to art, independent, documentary and international films. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\"><em>Crown<\/em> Princess is one of the largest Princess cruise ships<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz<\/p>\n<p>Crown Plaza Hotel<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\"><em>Crown<\/em> Equipment Corporation is a global manufacturer of material handling lift trucks and technology<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Arts\" class=\"mw-headline\">Arts<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Crown (comics)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28comics%29\">Crown (comics)<\/a>, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe, and an enemy of Spider-Man<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Crown (TV series)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Crown_%28TV_series%29\">The Crown (TV series)<\/a>, an upcoming television drama series created by Peter Morgan for Netflix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Currency\" class=\"mw-headline\">Currency<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (Australian coin)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28Australian_coin%29\">Crown (Australian coin)<\/a>, the Australian version of the British Crown<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (British coin)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28British_coin%29\">Crown (British coin)<\/a>, a heavy silver coin, parallel in size and weight to the United States silver dollar<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (currency)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28currency%29\">Crown (currency)<\/a>, a monetary unit used in the countries of Czech Republic, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and the territories of Faroe Islands and Greenland<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (English coin)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28English_coin%29\">Crown (English coin)<\/a>, originally known as the &#8220;crown of the double rose&#8221;, an English gold coin introduced as part of King Henry VIII&#8217;s monetary reform of 1526 with the value of five shillings; later a silver coin of the same value<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Estonian kroon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonian_kroon\">Estonian kroon<\/a>, the official currency of Estonia for two periods in history: 1928\u20131940 and 1992\u20132011<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hungarian korona\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungarian_korona\">Hungarian korona<\/a>, the replacement currency of the Austro-Hungarian Krone\/korona amongst the boundaries of the newly created post-World War I Hungary<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Koruna (disambiguation)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Koruna_%28disambiguation%29\">Koruna (disambiguation)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Krona (disambiguation)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krona_%28disambiguation%29\">Krona (disambiguation)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Krone (disambiguation)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krone_%28disambiguation%29\">Krone (disambiguation)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Dentistry\" class=\"mw-headline\">Dentistry<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (dentistry)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28dentistry%29\">Crown (dentistry)<\/a>, a dental treatment<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (tooth)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28tooth%29\">Crown (tooth)<\/a>, a portion of a tooth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Motor_vehicles\" class=\"mw-headline\">Motor vehicles<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Crown (automobile)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28automobile%29\">Crown (automobile)<\/a>, an automobile built in Detroit, MI, in 1905<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ford Crown Victoria\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Crown_Victoria\">Ford Crown Victoria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ford LTD Crown Victoria\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_LTD_Crown_Victoria\">Ford LTD Crown Victoria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Toyota Crown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyota_Crown\">Toyota Crown<\/a>, an automobile built for the Japanese and other select Asian markets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Music_and_audio\" class=\"mw-headline\">Music and audio<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Crowns (band)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crowns_%28band%29\">Crowns (band)<\/a>, an English folk punk band<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Crown&#8221;, a single by <a title=\"Gary Byrd and the GB Experience\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Byrd_and_the_GB_Experience\">Gary Byrd and the GB Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Crown (band)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Crown_%28band%29\">The Crown (band)<\/a>, a Swedish death\/thrash band<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (song)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28song%29\">&#8220;Crown&#8221; (song)<\/a>, a song by Jay-Z<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Places\" class=\"mw-headline\">Places<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Crown, Inverness\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown,_Inverness\">Crown, Inverness<\/a> (from the Scottish Gaelic: Cr\u00f9n), an area situated beside the city centre of Inverness, the capital city of the Scottish Highlands<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown Wetlands\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_Wetlands\">Crown Wetlands<\/a>, Cayman Islands<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Crown (mountain)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Crown_%28mountain%29\">The Crown (mountain)<\/a>, a mountain in the Karakoram of China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Science\" class=\"mw-headline\">Science<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (anatomy)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28anatomy%29\">Crown (anatomy)<\/a>, the top of the head<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (botany)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28botany%29\">Crown (botany)<\/a>, the branching leaf-bearing portion of a tree<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown graph\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_graph\">Crown graph<\/a> in graph theory<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown group\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_group\">Crown group<\/a> in phylogenetics<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown ether\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_ether\">Crown ether<\/a> in chemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Symbols_of_monarchy_or_rank\" class=\"mw-headline\">Symbols of monarchy or rank<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (headgear)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28headgear%29\">Crown (headgear)<\/a>, often an emblem of the monarchy, a monarch&#8217;s government, or items endorsed by it<\/li>\n<li>An alternate means to refer to a <a title=\"Monarch\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarch\">monarch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Crown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Crown\">The Crown<\/a>, the legal embodiment of Executive Government in Commonwealth countries<\/li>\n<li>Crown, a military decoration in the ancient <a title=\"Roman Republic\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Republic\">Roman Republic<\/a>, including:\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Grass crown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grass_crown\">Grass crown<\/a>, awarded for saving a city in battle<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Civic crown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civic_crown\">Civic crown<\/a>, awarded for saving a citizen in battle<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Camp crown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camp_crown\">Camp crown<\/a>, awarded for being the first to penetrate the enemy&#8217;s camp<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mural crown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mural_crown\">Mural crown<\/a>, awarded for being the first to scale the walls of an enemy city<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Naval crown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naval_crown\">Naval crown<\/a>, awarded for being the first to board an enemy ship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Other_uses\" class=\"mw-headline\">Other uses<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Crown (heraldry)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_%28heraldry%29\">Crown (heraldry)<\/a>, ceremonial headgear, often used in a symbolic way only<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"HMS Crown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Crown\">HMS <i>Crown<\/i><\/a>, the name of various Royal Navy ships<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown Prosecutor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_Prosecutor\">Crown Prosecutor<\/a>, the title commonly given, in Commonwealth jurisdictions, to the state prosecutor<\/li>\n<li>Crown, the top or hinge of a <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Bell (instrument)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bell_%28instrument%29\">bell (instrument)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Crown, the topmost part of a <a title=\"Hat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hat#Parts_of_a_hat\">hat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown Publishing Group\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_Publishing_Group\">Crown Publishing Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Crowns brand cigarettes, produced by <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Commonwealth Brands\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_Brands\">Commonwealth Brands<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crown Lager\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_Lager\">Crown Lager<\/a>, an Australian beer<\/li>\n<li>The grooved knob or dial on the outside of a watch case, used for setting the hands of the watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and get familiar with your blog or website.<\/p>\n<p>The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/aqcpp\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr group<\/a>, which you can join to\u00a0 post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.<\/p>\n<p>We are also talking about this on Twitter and Instagram. Use the hashtag #CPP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crown Point Press Definition: &#8220;A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents power, legitimacy, victory, triumph, honor, and glory, as well as immortality, righteousness, and resurrection. In art, the crown may be shown being offered to those on Earth by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/creative-prompt-333-crown\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creative Prompt #333: Crown&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[379],"tags":[79,311,72],"class_list":["post-29682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-379","tag-creative-prompt","tag-creativity","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}