Vienna Secession Gold Ground (Style-Only, Image-Conditioned)
Style register: Gustav Klimt's metallic gold grounds meet Koloman Moser's strict Secessionist ornament, a pictorial subject held within deliberate square-and-circle rhythm.

The prompt
Re-render this image as a Vienna Secession panel from around 1905, where Gustav Klimt's gold-leaf surface meets Koloman Moser's disciplined geometry. Preserve every main subject, pose, and depth relationship, but paint the forms in thin tempera over a smooth chalk ground. Float small squares, nested circles, and abstract flower disks in the surrounding planes; arrange them in broad, ordered clusters rather than all-over noise. Lay real-looking leaf in irregular sheets behind the subject, with hairline seams, a few rubbed-through corners, and a warm metallic reflection that changes across the plane. Keep the subject recognizable through stronger outline and quieter pattern inside its focal details. Set pale skin or bright object surfaces against deep charcoal, olive, cream, and gold; let one muted cobalt square interrupt the warmth. Avoid making the entire frame reflective: matte painted passages give the leaf something to answer. Use square proportions and measured spacing as a visual counterweight to any curves already present in the source. The mood should be still, concentrated, and lavish without becoming ornamental clutter. Render the big shapes first so gold reads as structure even at a small preview size. Leave a calm, uncluttered band of negative space along the top or bottom edge where a title could sit. Strictly no on-canvas text, no legible lettering, no signature, no watermark, no logos. Preserve the subject, pose, and composition of the source image exactly, change only the medium and rendering. Aspect ratio matches source.
What it is doing
Gold here is not a synonym for wealth. Its reflective surface denies a fixed viewing moment; the picture changes with the viewer's movement while the rigid pattern insists that its subject remain present.
Tuning knobs
- Gold coverage: `leaf around focal forms` (signature) vs `narrow gilded bands` vs `broad gold field`
- Pattern: `square-circle clusters` (signature) vs `stacked mosaic squares` vs `open flower disks`
- Finish: `leaf seams beside matte tempera` (signature) vs `worn dull gilding` vs `high-sheen leaf`
- Cool accent: `one cobalt square` (signature) vs `deep teal circles` vs `no cool accent`
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