
Haggai Calls the Builders to the Ruined Temple
A prophet with a staff points at the ruined foundation stones while a governor and a high priest stand beside him. Men carry timber in the background.
Prompt
Haggai 1: "Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?... Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house." Among the weed-grown, fire-blackened foundation stones of the ruined temple in Jerusalem, the prophet Haggai, wearing a simple wrapped head cloth, stands large and central, staff in one hand, the other pointing firmly at the ruins as he speaks to Zerubbabel the governor, who wears a deep indigo-blue wool governor's mantle and a modest wrapped linen turban in earthy sand tones, and to Joshua the high priest in his white linen and blue robe with a white turban whose gold plate is plain; behind them men are already carrying cedar beams down from the hills. Bright clear morning sun, pale limestone, blue sky. The workmen wear wrapped turbans or head-cloths over their hair. 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.
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