# French Formal Garden × Hedge Maze — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=french-formal-garden+maze-garden
# French Formal Garden carries the structure. Hedge Maze 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 French Formal Garden (Style, 17th century–) and its accent from Hedge Maze (Layout, 16th century–). Structural cues: Axes running to the vanishing point; Strict symmetry; Clipped geometry; Water mirrors and the grand canal. Accent cues, used sparingly: Hedge-walled paths; A figure revealed from above; Designed dead ends; The goal at the center. Composition: Run one axis from the building center and mirror everything across it. Type and lettering: Inscriptions and statue titles sit on the axis, paired left and right. Let one material quality come from the second style: Hedge thick enough to block sight, gravel or earth underfoot. Mood: Luxury, Trust, Exhilaration, 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.

# 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
# - French Formal Garden: Axis and symmetry get copied without designing the recession, and with no budget for the labor of clipping, the outlines slacken within a few years.
# - Hedge Maze: Paths made long and thin to serve a beautiful plan give the walker claustrophobia before pleasure, and they turn back partway.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/french-formal-garden/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/maze-garden/design.md