- Place
- a monumental glass-domed ballroom with twin staircases, pointed arches and a ceremonial peacock mosaic floor
- Affordance
- the broad polished floor supports procession and display while the stair landings provide sheltered observation
- Camera
- centered wide view toward the twin staircases
- Living subject
- an anatomically natural peacock
- Day behaviour
- walking naturally across the sunlit mosaic floor
- Night behaviour
- resting beside the same central floor medallion beneath warm chandeliers
- Palette
- luxury emerald, verdigris, ivory, turquoise glass and pale gold
- Materials
- emerald and turquoise glass tesserae, ivory limestone, white marble, gold smalti and living trees