“Pollice Verso” by Jean-Léon Gérôme

“Pollice Verso” (Thumbs Down), created in 1857 by Jean-Léon Gérôme, depicts a brutal act of punishment in ancient Rome. The painting is renowned for its dramatic portrayal of a gladiator’s humiliation, where he is forced to extend his thumb downwards as a sign of defeat and disgrace. This work is considered a significant example of academic art, reflecting Gérôme’s interest in historical and moral subjects.

Prompt
Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme , Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pollice Verso, 1857, gladiator, humiliation, ancient Rome, dramatic, academic art, historical, moral, artistic expression, brutal act, punishment, gladiator’s thumb, defeat, disgrace HD, sharp focus, stunningly beautiful, analog film photo, faded film, desaturated, 35mm photo, grainy, vignette, vintage, Kodachrome, Lomography, stained, highly detailed, found footage

Negative prompt
painting, drawing, illustration, glitch, deformed, mutated, cross-eyed, ugly, disfigured, extra eyes, bad eyes, ugly eyes, imperfect eyes, deformed pupils, deformed iris, cross-eyed, poorly drawn face, bad face, fused face, ugly face, worst face, unrealistic skin texture, out of frame, poorly drawn hands, cloned face, double face, blurry, bad quality

This is how the ComicBookXL image generation model “sees” the “Pollice Verso” painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme.

Text model: aya-expanse

Image model: ComicBookXL