# French Formal Garden × Parterre — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=french-formal-garden+parterre
# French Formal Garden carries the structure. Parterre 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 Parterre (Layout, 17th century–). Structural cues: Axes running to the vanishing point; Strict symmetry; Clipped geometry; Water mirrors and the grand canal. Accent cues, used sparingly: Box arabesques; Gravel and turf as ground colors; Made for the view from above; Symmetrical development. 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: Clipped box as line, gravel, turf and sand as ground colors. Mood: Luxury, Trust, Exhilaration, Calm, Play. 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.
# - Parterre: Placed where nobody can look down on it, the pattern never reads and only expensive clipping remains, its point entirely lost.

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