Daedalus And Icarus Analysis

There are a multitude of different mythological stories that take place throughout art history. Many of these stories are very well known for containing strong emotional and moral messages that are essential to each one of them. They are used to comprehend and give an explanation as to why things are the way they are, or how they came to be. For example, the reasoning behind how deserts were created was due to Phaethon driving his father’s sun chariot, essentially burning certain parts of the earth such as Africa to form deserts. Similarly, each phenomenon has a driving meaning or message behind it which is one of the main purposes for why a story was created. Artists, throughout several different time periods, attempt to depict what they assume …show more content…
1645, Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa”. Although the bright red cloth that cover Icarus is replaced with a white one, this artwork still does well in beautifully capturing the other essential elements of this scene. Icarus is depicted looking over his shoulder with his head tilted slightly upward to express his cocky mood. His facial expression shows that he is not paying attention to what his father is telling him and is just brushing it off. The intensity of light is mainly focused on Icarus with a strong value contrast between his body and the background to make it look like he thinks highly of himself. There is also a slight hue of red on his face to seem as if he is getting annoyed with his father. Although Daedalus face is not seen as well from the observer’s angle, his seriousness is still being portrayed extremely well through other artistic elements. The implied motion of Daedalus pulling the strings of Icarus’s ropes towards him shows that he is attempting to get his sons attention. His face is also looking directly at Icarus as if to convey an important message. The red cloth is replaced with a thicker white one as a foreshadow of a symbol of death in which Icarus is essentially carrying his own