Icarus falling painting

The story of Daedalus and Icarus is a popular myth that recounts the escape from Crete by the crafty inventor Daedalus and his son Icarus. It is a story that is often attributed to the Roman poet Ovid in his magnum opus Metamorphoses. The general theme of the story involves

The Sun, or the Fall of Icarus by Merry-Joesph Blondel was painted in 1819 and is located in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. This painting shows Icarus falling from the heavens as his father flies away. Also Apollo is riding his sun chariot across the sky above Icarus. This painting is cool because it brings other characters from the Metamorphoses into the painting.

“Icarus Fall, you’ve done this to yourself.” A painting based on Christophe Charbonnel’s sculpture Homme Ailé II (winged man II). There’s a lot of negative space in this painting you can’t see from these shots that was supposed to add to the sensation of falling 24”X36” oil on canvas #oiloncanvas #art #painting #oilpainting #icarus #greekmythology