for those (if any still) who are still pondering over the link between the myth of daedalus and icarus and war: a simple google search has given me the answer:

"The Fall of Icarus portrays, in an expressive manner, the ancient Greek story told by Ovid: Icarus received, for his escape from the island of Crete, from his father Daedalus, a pair of wax wings and the warning not to fly too high, because then the glow would scorch them. But Icarus flew to the sun. The wax melted, the wings came of and Icarus plunged into the sea. This painting was prompted by the Dutch government’s purchase of fighter jets during the 1950s; a number of these had quickly crashed. For [Ger] Lataster, this act of rearmament so soon after the war is disappointing and incomprehensible. Lataster’s social commitment is incorporated into his paintings in an abstract manner. Nevertheless, this is done in such a way that the themes can be felt and experienced by the viewer, and in that sense they are portrayed in an almost realistic manner."

the painting itself is somewhat messy to the untrained eye though --



someone point out icarus to me?