July 27, 2015

Let Them Eat Cake

 
They told to Marie Antoinette:
"The beggars at your gate
Have eyes too sad for tears to wet,
And for your pity wait."
But Marie only laughed and said:
"My heart they will not ache:
If people starve for want of bread
Let them eat cake."

The Court re-echoed her bon mot;
It rang around the land,
Till masses wakened from their woe
With scyth and pick in hand.
It took a careless, callous phrase
To rouse the folk forlorn:
A million roared the Marseillaise:
Freedom was born.

And so to Marie Antoinette
Let's pay a tribute due;
Humanity owes her a debt,
(Ironical, it's true).
She sparked world revolution red,
And as with glee they bore
Upon a pike her lovely head
--Her curls dripped gore.
Start image by Vigee-Lebrun
Other elements in this piece by Deviant Scrap's Queen of Cakes
and ItKuPiLLi's Spiritus Mortis United
 

8 comments:

  1. This is extremely well done. Love it and thanks for playing in my challenge :)

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  2. Just gorgeous art piece and poem. Thanks for sharing♥

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  3. Beautiful (and) ironic collage Marilyn.
    The BG is fantastic and the people dying are tremendous.
    You've done a wonderful brioche hairdo! :D
    I love the words too.

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  4. Poor Marie life in a fairy tale with no happy ending... this is wonderful art with great symbolistic details...wonderful.

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  5. You have transformed her famous, haughty words really well in your collage! Great. Ulrike

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  6. This background is fantastic, and your Marie is beautifully done. I love that you accompanied it with Service's poem!

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  7. Beautifully done through imagery, art and symbolism- fantastic!

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  8. Beautiful and complex piece! I love that there's more than meets the eye at first, love images that tell stories!

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