Jeroboam Presents the Golden Calf at Bethel

Prompt

1 Kings 12: King Jeroboam sets up the golden calf at Bethel. Jeroboam, large and central, stands crowned before a stone altar with one arm sweeping toward a gleaming golden calf on a stone pedestal beside him, proclaiming it to the people; smoke of incense rises from the altar. A few Israelite worshippers bow uncertainly in the foreground at the edges of the frame. An open-air high place on a rocky hilltop at Bethel, under a hazy bright sky in the late afternoon 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.