Ancient warriors clash in a ceramic diorama of a historic battle

2x2 grid, 16:9, do this for 4 battles that changed the world in 4 differnet sustances:    class MaterialDiorama: 
    def __init__(self, SCENE, MATERIAL): 
        self.M = MATERIAL 
        self.scene = SCENE 
        self.elements = [self.translate(e) for e in SCENE.elements] 
        self.light = light_for(self.M) 
        self.palette = palette_for(self.M) 
 
    def translate(self, element): 
        form = physical_translation(element, self.M)    # M₂: governed by material physics 
        form.material = self.M                          # M₁: monism 
        form.craft_tell = tell_for(self.M)              # M₃: the handmade proof 
        assert form.material == self.M, "M₁: Material Monism broken (second material detected)" 
        assert form.has_tell, "M₃: No handmade proof (too-perfect surface)" 
        assert form.physics_plausible(self.M), "M₂: Element ignores material physics" 
        return form 
 
    def render(self): 
        return shoot_macro( 
            scene=self.elements, 
            light=self.light,                           # M₄: reveals texture 
            palette=self.palette,                       # M₄: restricted gamut 
            shadows=honest_soft_pooling(),              # M₅: tabletop reality 
            dof=miniature_macro()                       # M₅: real physical scale 
        ) 
 
    def verify(self, img): 
        assert single_material_mass(img, self.M),       "M₁: mixed media" 
        assert all(visible_tell(e) for e in img.elements), "M₃: missing craft tell" 
        assert lighting_reveals_texture(img, self.M),   "M₄: flat lighting" 
        assert not cg_perfection(img),                  "M₅: zero roughness / math symmetry" 
 
MaterialDiorama(SCENE, MATERIAL).render()