The Daughter of Babylon Grinds Grain in the Dust

Prompt

Isaiah 47: Come down and sit in the dust, O daughter of Babylon. A once-proud Babylonian queen, large and central, stripped of her crown and jewels, sits on the bare ground grinding grain at a heavy stone hand mill, her rich robes covered in dust and her face full of shock and shame; behind her an empty golden throne stands abandoned on a palace terrace and smoke rises over the walls of Babylon. Dramatic golden evening light. 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.