This painting doesn’t seem to represent the story of Icarus very well. I would have expected a painting of this story to show two winged figures of Icarus and his father flying between the sun and the sea as Icarus’ wings were melting. This painting was a landscape where everyone and everything is doing their own thing. There was a man plowing and another looking at the sky. There were ships in the harbor and farm animals grazing. There was a small figure who looked like he was diving or swimming in the sea. No one seemed upset or alarmed at the sight of someone losing their life as they plunged into the sea. It reminded me of when I have been upset at something and have thought that it is strange that as my life is falling apart, the world goes on, and no one seems to notice.
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