Art style: Cinematic Neo-Noir.
A shadowed Renaissance study at night, walls lined with leather-bound tomes and a tall arched window revealing a blood-red eclipse over Florence rooftops. Machiavelli stands at center in a low three-quarter angle, candlelight carving deep shadows across his gaunt calculating face, a faint smirk on his lips as he gazes directly toward the viewer. Dozens of guttering candles cast warm amber pools against cold blue moonlight. Tense, ominous, commanding atmosphere. Dominant palette of deep burgundy, black, gold, and cold blue 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.
