# Chinese Scholar Garden × Literati Painting — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=chinese-scholar-garden+literati-painting
# Chinese Scholar Garden carries the structure. Literati Painting 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 Literati Painting (Style, 11th century–). Structural cues: Taihu stones as peaks; Lattice windows and moon gates as frames; Turning corridors; Layered miniature scenery. Accent cues, used sparingly: Withered line from a dry brush; Poem, calligraphy and seal sharing one sheet; Pale gradations of ink; A stance that never displays skill. 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: Hold the gradations to a minimum with a dry brush and pale ink.. Mood: Calm, Luxury, Play, Intimacy. 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.

# 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.
# - Literati Painting: Feigning clumsiness is the opposite. The substance is a witheredness reached by standing on technique and stepping down from display.

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