Daedalus and Icarus Essay

When you take e genuinelything into detail, you exit notice that the artist, Anthony Van Dyck, painted Icarus (left) very pale. While Daedalus, Icarus father, was painted with a darker complexion.The minimize resembles the color gray, whereas in the tale Daedalus and Icarus are surrounded by brick walls, with a lone window that leave soon become their escape route. I in like mannerk into account that Anthony Van Dyck refined Daedalus in a toga, whereas Icarus is trying to cover himself with what seems to be a book binding that resembles the color of his fathers toga. The travel seem to be to a greater extent life-like wherefore described in the story. In the story it states that Daedalus made the wings from climb up and feathers, and that is what led to the death of Icarus. To conclude, Anthony Van Kyck used pale colours that seem to bring to mind death.AnalysisAs I say before, Anthony van Dyck used pale colors to paint and this seems very yen because it seems that there is a hint of sadness. With Icarus coloring it seems as if he is already dead and the blanket is the burial shroud that the ancient Greeks were either inhumed in or burned in. Like I said before, the background is gray and unlike the story, it doesnt show a brick wall with a lone window. This once more brings to mind that it is to foreshadow the tragic revoke of Icarus. Daedalus seems to get under ones skin been painted with a darker complexion than his son Icarus which tells you that Daedalus will perplex alive and well. If you take into account what the characters are doing in the painting you will notice that while Daedalus is trying to explain how to use the wings, Icarus is daydreaming somewhat flying. This seems to be the flat coat for his later on demise. Sadly this paintings shows nothing of Icarus actual demise, but Anthony Van Dyck does a wonderful job of showing the establishment of the wings and the reason of Icarus down glisten.ThemeThe morals of Daedalus and Ic arus were listening to superiors, and fear in god(s). The reason for ,listening to superiors, being incorporated with the story is because if Icarus had listened to his father than he would havenever flown to his doom. This is shown in the painting where Daedalus seems to be explaining something to Icarus, but Icarus looks to the distance as if already imagining his upcoming flight. In the book Daedalus explains to Icarus that if he flies too low the ocean spray will cover his wings and take for him too heavy to fly. If he flies to high then the sunshines heat will melt the wax and cause him to fall into the ocean, where the strong waves will drown him. Icarus, despite his fathers ensample flies high believing he could go higher then the gods themselves and then plummets to his death because the suns heat melted the wax. The reason this has to do with fearing the gods is because since he believed he could achieve something that gods could angered them. In a way the gods did repay Icarus with misfortune, because Apollo is the sun god and it was his heat the melted the wax and sent Icarus to his watery grave.