Art style: Cinematic Neo-Noir.
An extreme close-up of Niccolò Machiavelli's face, focusing on his eyes. His expression is one of brutal honesty and challenge. The lighting is split, with one side of his face in warm amber light and the other in a cold, dark olive green shadow (#525e3b). The fine lines and pores of his skin are visible, conveying a sense of raw, unvarnished truth.
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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.
Brand guidelines:
Brand color palette: #525e3b. Use these colors prominently in the composition.
