Art style: Cinematic Neo-Noir.
A vast marble hall of statues and busts, columns receding into shadow. In the foreground a single weathered bronze bust of a stern disciplined statesman, sharply lit; behind it, crumbling faded busts fall into darkness. Machiavelli stands beside the bronze figure gazing at it, low reverent angle. Cool museum-like light from above with dramatic shadow. Mood of solemn legacy and endurance. Palette of aged bronze, cold marble white, and deep gray shadow.
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FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt):
Render this image entirely in "Cinematic Neo-Noir" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Cinematic Neo-Noir". Keep the subject, composition, camera angle, lighting direction, and colour palette from the description above — but EVERY surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in the "Cinematic Neo-Noir" idiom, not in any other medium.
