Art style: Cinematic Neo-Noir.
A candlelit strategy chamber where a large map of Italy is spread across a heavy oak table. Machiavelli stands in a close medium shot, pressing one finger to his own closed lips, eyes glinting with secretive intelligence, half his face swallowed by shadow. A single candle illuminates the map's edges. Atmosphere of guarded mystery and quiet dominance. Palette of deep umber, candle-gold, and impenetrable black.
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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.
