# Russian Icon × Thangka — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=russian-icon+thangka
# Russian Icon carries the structure. Thangka 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 Russian Icon (Style, 10th–17th century / continuing) and its accent from Thangka (Style, 11th century–). Structural cues: The timelessness of gold ground; Reverse perspective; Stylized bodies; The image as object of prayer. Accent cues, used sparingly: Strict iconometric rule; The saturation of mineral pigments; Mandala geometry; The rollable scroll format. Composition: Narrow the perspective toward the viewer and widen it behind, so sight comes outward. Type and lettering: Only abbreviated holy names, written thin in red over the gold. Let one material quality come from the second style: Sized cloth, mineral pigments burnished for color, gold applied last. Mood: Calm, Trust, Luxury, Exhilaration. 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 Icon Painting, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Russian Icon: Adding naturalistic perspective and shading turns the window for prayer into a scene to look at, and reverse perspective stops working.
# - Thangka: Loosening the iconometric proportions for free drawing makes the panel unusable as a map for meditation and reduces it to decoration.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/russian-icon/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/thangka/design.md