Value Cake
I can create a cake with a color value scale taking inspiration from Wayne Thiebaud.
Wayne Thiebaud (born November 15, 1920) is an American painter best known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and cakes. He was part of the Pop Art movement which depicted ordinary objects. He was a teacher and an cartoon artist in the army. In 1961 he spent the day trying to sell his paintings, was turned down by every art dealers until a dealer named Alan Stone took a risk, held an art show with Thiebaud works, it was an instance success, every piece sold out!. Record price for a Thiebaud work is 1.7 million dollars. His work is about celebrating the joy of living.
“Let them eat cake” is the most famous quote attributed to Marie-Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. As the story goes, it was the queen’s response upon being told that her starving peasant subjects had no bread. Because cake is more expensive than bread, she obliviously knows nothing of the conditions and daily lives of ordinary people. With that rude remark, the queen became a hated symbol of the royal family and fueled the revolution that would cause her to (literally) lose her head several years later. But did she ever actually utter those words? Probably not, she was only 10 years old when this was said—three years away from marrying the French prince and eight years from becoming queen.
- Hue - name of the color
- Value - Lightness and darkness of color
- Shade - color added to black
- Tint - color added to white
- Pop Art - Is art made from commercial items and cultural icons such as product labels, advertisements, and movie stars, it is meant to be fun.
“Let them eat cake” is the most famous quote attributed to Marie-Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. As the story goes, it was the queen’s response upon being told that her starving peasant subjects had no bread. Because cake is more expensive than bread, she obliviously knows nothing of the conditions and daily lives of ordinary people. With that rude remark, the queen became a hated symbol of the royal family and fueled the revolution that would cause her to (literally) lose her head several years later. But did she ever actually utter those words? Probably not, she was only 10 years old when this was said—three years away from marrying the French prince and eight years from becoming queen.
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