# Les Nabis × Symbolism — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=les-nabis+symbolism
# Les Nabis carries the structure. Symbolism 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 Les Nabis (Style, 1888–1900) and its accent from Symbolism (Style, 1886–1910). Structural cues: Compositions conceived as decorative panels; Reversals of pattern and ground; Harmonies of muted intermediate tones; Subjects of interiors and daily life. Accent cues, used sparingly: Subjects of dream and myth; Contours that dissolve into vagueness; Ornamentalised plants and emblems; A deep, muted colour range. Composition: Tall panel formats; figures embedded in wallpaper-like pattern until motif and ground trade places. Type and lettering: Soft, slightly irregular serifs or hand-drawn titling woven into the pattern. Let one material quality come from the second style: Deep muted purples and greens with gold and silver, smoky gradients dissolving contour. Mood: Luxury, 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 Fin de Siècle Art, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Les Nabis: Matching figure and pattern too closely turns the picture into plain wallpaper, and who is doing what disappears. Sink the figure in, but keep its contour readable.
# - Symbolism: Piling up suggestion until nothing announces itself leaves an image of mood alone, so measure the distance between ornament and meaning and leave the viewer a way to the message.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/les-nabis/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/symbolism/design.md