Icarus and his golden wings

Rozi O'Keefe-Hoeck
Mr. Ayers
ILT 9B
29 February 2012

Daedalus and Icarus: Fabulous Golden Wings

     The evil king of Crete, Minos, kept the most brilliant architect of the ancient world. Daedalus and his son Icarus were locked in a the palace in the city of Knossos. The architect created the labyrinth which holds the minotaur, a half man and half bull. To leave Crete, Daedalus would have to sail on a boat, but Minos kept very close watch on both the harbors and the son of Athena. Daedalus decided that the only way off of the island would be to fly off. Daedalus and Icarus secretly crafted golden wings of an eagle. Once Daedalus had finished Icarus attached the wings to a leather harnus with hot wax. The gaurds, who checked on Daedalus every day, came early and Daedalus had to quickly wax on Icarus's wings. Before taking off, the father told his only son not to fly too high, which would melt the wax, or too low to the ocean, which would wash away the wax. Soon Icarus forgot his father's advice and started to fly to close to the sun.

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In the Carnegie Museum of Art. Oil on canvas. H=59 3/4 x W=56 inches.The boy in the portrait, Homer, was noted to be bored and figiting during the painting period. According to Homer, when he was older, his mother, Augusta was attempting to entertain him by telling a story of a naval battle from the War of 1812. During this time children were painted again and again because they were said to be the direct link to the future. "...Sargent approached his youthful sitters directly, painting them naturalistically and with a keen, psychologically penetrating eye."  (http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/downloads/pdfs/Resource_Guide_Chapters/PictAmer_Resource_Book_Chapter_12A.pdf)

John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent
1856-1925
He is thought to be the greatest and most talented portrait artist in the world. He was an American. He was trained in Paris before he moved to London. He created roughly 900 paintings in his life time. He was an impressionist. His father was an eye surgeon. His sister died when she was 2 years old. Sargent was born in Florence. His younger sister then was born and the family stayed out of the U.S. Sargent was an active child that did not pay attention to his studies but to the outdoors. Sargent's mother was a amateur artist and his father was a medical illastrator.His mother gave him his first scetch pad and incouraged him to draw landscapes. Sargent drew naval yards and ships with great detail and care. His father hoped that his intrest ni ships would make him become a sailor. When Sargent was 13 he recieved water color lessons from Carl Welsch, a german painter. Sargent grew up to be a highly literate and multinational man, accomplished in art, music, and literature. He was fluent in French, Italian, and German.

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