Solomon Beside the Bronze Pillars and the Sea

Prompt

1 Kings 7: King Solomon stands before the newly cast bronze works at the temple of Jerusalem. Solomon, large and central in the foreground, looks up with joy beside a bearded bronze-smith from Tyre in a leather apron. Directly behind them rises the stone temple porch, flanked by its two massive free-standing bronze pillars, dark gleaming bronze, each topped by a bulbous lily-shaped capital wrapped in bronze chain-network and two rows of pomegranates. To one side in the courtyard stands the great round Sea of cast bronze, a huge deep basin with a brim curved like a lily flower, resting on the backs of twelve bronze oxen standing in four groups of three, facing outward to the four directions, their hindquarters toward the centre. Everything is warm brown-gold bronze, not bright gold. Brilliant midday sun. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.