# Chinese Scholar Garden × Korean Garden — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=chinese-scholar-garden+korean-garden
# Chinese Scholar Garden carries the structure. Korean Garden 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 Chinese Scholar Garden (Style, Song dynasty–) and its accent from Korean Garden (Style, Joseon dynasty–). Structural cues: Taihu stones as peaks; Lattice windows and moon gates as frames; Turning corridors; Layered miniature scenery. Accent cues, used sparingly: Terrain left as found; Square ponds with round islands; Scattered pavilions; Artifice restrained. Composition: Bend the corridor to cut sight lines and give one view per opening. Type and lettering: Hang a plaque and couplet at each entrance to title the view. Let one material quality come from the second style: A round island in a square pond, native trees and rock left in place. Mood: Calm, Luxury, Play, Intimacy, Trust. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 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.

# Where the two fight
# - Both belong to Garden Styles, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Chinese Scholar Garden: Taihu stones get collected as curiosities until the sequence of hiding and revealing through corridor and window is never designed and the garden becomes a shelf.
# - Korean Garden: Restraint gets confused with neglect, and even the few decisions the form really requires, where the pavilion stands and how the pond is edged, are left vague.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/chinese-scholar-garden/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/korean-garden/design.md