
Vinedresser Weeps Over His Ravaged Vineyard
A kneeling man holds a broken vine with crushed grapes and looks up to heaven. The hedge wall is broken down and a wild boar roots among the vines behind him.
Prompt
Psalm 80: Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt... Why hast thou then broken down her hedges? The boar out of the wood doth waste it. An Israelite vinedresser kneels large and central in his ravaged hillside vineyard, holding a broken, trampled vine branch with crushed grapes, his face lifted to heaven in pleading; the stone hedge-wall behind him is broken down and a wild boar roots among the torn vines. Beyond, terraced green hills stretch to the horizon under bright afternoon light and tall white clouds. 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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