Prompt:
Create a deeply emotional, poetic Romanticism oil painting of a young woman in her mid-twenties standing alone in a deserted cobblestone street during a heavy nighttime rainstorm. She has long, dark wavy hair completely soaked and clinging to her pale face and shoulders. She has deliberately dropped her red umbrella on the wet ground beside her, allowing the rain to pour freely over her. Tears stream down her cheeks, blending indistinguishably with the raindrops, while a bittersweet, melancholic smile touches her lips—evoking memories of a lost love. She wears a flowing, long Victorian-style dress in muted navy blue, now drenched and clinging softly to her figure, emphasizing vulnerability and surrender to emotion.
The atmosphere is charged with poetic sorrow and sublime beauty: rain falls in thick, diagonal sheets illuminated by warm amber streetlamp glow and distant neon reflections in large puddles that mirror distorted city lights. Subtle symbolic details include scattered red rose petals floating in the water around her feet, a faint ghostly silhouette of a couple embracing in the misty background, and swirling wind carrying fallen autumn leaves. The scene conveys themes of heartbreak, catharsis, acceptance, and the romantic fusion of human emotion with nature’s turmoil.
Technically, use heavy impasto with thick, expressive palette-knife strokes to build dramatic texture—visible ridges in the cascading rain, rippling dress fabric, and glistening wet skin for tactile intensity. Rich, moody color palette: deep indigos and prussian blues for the night sky and rain, contrasted with warm golden-orange highlights from streetlights on her face and hair, and vivid crimson accents in the umbrella and petals for lingering passion. Dramatic chiaroscuro lighting with strong contrasts between illuminated highlights and deep shadowy recesses.
Blend the styles of key Romantic masters: the sublime atmospheric turbulence and emotional vastness of J.M.W. Turner in the swirling rain and luminous light effects; the introspective solitude and symbolic natural forces of Caspar David Friedrich; the passionate, expressive gesture and vivid color drama of Eugène Delacroix in her pose and facial expression; and the mystical, visionary lyricism of William Blake with subtle dreamlike symbolic elements. Masterpiece quality, highly detailed, intricate textures, 8K resolution.
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