# Art Nouveau × Ballets Russes — composed image prompt # IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=art-nouveau+ballets-russes # Art Nouveau carries the structure. Ballets Russes appear as accents, each further back than the last. # Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work. An original image that takes its structure from Art Nouveau (Style, 1890s–1910s) and its accent from Ballets Russes (Style, 1909–1929). Structural cues: Botanical curves; Ornamental frames; Female figures; Muted natural colors. Accent cues, used sparingly: Saturated color; Orientalist costume; Stages by painters; Performance as total art. Composition: Vertical formats, frame compositions, a central figure. Type and lettering: Curvilinear serifs or hand lettering. Let one material quality come from the second style: Saturated dyed fabric, gold and silver, oriental motifs at large scale. Mood: Luxury, Intimacy, Exhilaration, Play. Color: build on #e9ddbe, #829270, #6f3f35 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above. # Cautions carried from each entry # - Art Nouveau: Stock vine ornaments stay superficial. Carry the line through the whole composition. # - Ballets Russes: Adding colors and patterns without deciding the contrast between set and costume dissolves the dancer into the backdrop and the movement disappears. # Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/art-nouveau/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/ballets-russes/design.md