Icarus
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Nicholas Amheiser
United States
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Icarus Holmes
87 creative works found
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This is contemporary take on the myth of Icarus whose father made him a pair of wax & feather wings so he could fly and escape his imprisonment… but not heeding his fathers advice to not fly near the sun during a trial, Icarus did and his wings melted off and he plunged to his death. It took much research and trials to come up with a ‘convincing’ design for today’s athlete who is out to escape the physical limits of mortal man by using inhumane methods of body alteration to get the advantage over competitors… all in the name of world recognition, fame and a sense of power… although often disguised by truisms like “I liked the challenge” or “we’re pushing the boundaries in the name of science and humanity”. / Here Icarus has had surgical implants to enable his wings to be driven by his body’s diverted blood pressure system connected to pistons which drive the wings. This leaves his hands free for balance, carrying gear etc. Perhaps the very thing we strive for is the very thing that holds us back in our true human quest for meaning and significance. This is the first part of a diptych. The second is the “white board” display of the aftermath of this failed attempt to get off the ground… with a full analysis of what worked, what didn’t and the appeal by the Project Manager to gain more funding from the Corporate sponsor. I’ll try to put it up if anyone’s interested, but it is detailed and pretty hard to see on screen.
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“he began to leave the guidance of his companion and soar upward as if to reach heaven” techo stuff / photo elements, 3d elements and digital painting. assembled in photoshop 4500×6500 at 400 pixels/inch
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by damiankafe“Icarus, my son, I charge you to keep at a moderate height, for if you fly too low the damp will clog your wings, and if too high the heat will melt them. Keep near me and you will be safe.” techo stuff / photo elements, 3d elements and digital painting. assembled in photoshop, 300dpi @ 4500×6500
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A Hoverfly coming in to land on an everlasting daisy in the garden.
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taken during Art in All of Us (www.artinallofus.org) activities in Antigua last October. See also New Icarus 1 picture here http://www.redbubble.com/people/anthonyasael/art/402872-5-jumping-out-of-joy Photo was lately exhibited in New York and Brussels for an Event on children rights. To see full exhibition please click on http://artinallofus.org/artimages/cat213.htm and http://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyasael/sets/72157603483440341/ For the ones who don’t know Icarus, please surf to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus / / All proceeds from sales of pictures will go to the child art education project of Art in All of Us (WWW.ARTINALLOFUS.ORG) /
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Polyommatus icarus. Devon, UK. Spotted this one earlier today, I think the blue is just amazing.
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Do not listen to the fears of your father / Take the wings given to you and fly for the sun Combination of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
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Medium: Pencil on AMEDEO 200GSM Artist’s Sheet. / Size: A4 Greek Mythology: Icarus. My drawing as tribute to the great artist Steele Savage. See some of his artworks here ________________________________________________________________________ Icarus (Greek: Ἴκαρος, Latin: Íkaros, Etruscan: Vicare) is a character in Greek mythology. He is the son of Daedalus and is commonly known for his attempt to escape Crete by flight, which ended in a fall to his death. Escape from Crete / Icarus’ father, Daedalus, a talented craftsman, attempted to escape from his exile in Crete, where he and his son were imprisoned at the hands of King Minos, the king for whom he had built the Labyrinth. Daedalus, the master craftsman, was exiled because he gave Minos’ Daughter, Ariadne, a clew of string in order to help Theseus survive the Labyrinth. Daedalus fashioned a pair of wax wings for himself and his son. Before they took off from the island, Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea. Overcome by the sublime feeling that flying gave him, Icarus soared through the sky joyfully, but in the process he came too close to the sun, which melted his wings. Icarus kept flapping his wings but soon realized that he had no feathers left and that he was only flapping his bare arms. And so, Icarus fell into the sea in the area which bears his name, the Icarian Sea near Icaria, an island southwest of Samos. Hellenistic writers who provided philosophical underpinnings to the myth also preferred more realistic variants, in which the escape from Crete was actually by boat, provided by Pasiphaë, for which Daedalus invented the first sails, to outstrip Minos’ pursuing galleys, and that Icarus fell overboard en route to Sicily and drowned. Heracles erected a tomb for him. SOURCE / /
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Oil on Canvas
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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” / — William Shakespeare (Twelfth Night)
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Some of you may recognise this. These images were shot the same day I got that image entitled “Fleeting Beauty” (which you can see buried deep somewhere deep in my redbubble gallery!). I knew I’d taken a series of images that morning from my bedroom window – it truly was an exceptionally beautiful sunrise scene, with the sea mist rolling in over Bray Head acting as a natural graduated filter. I just did a Search on my PC & found them all, RAW versions too! These RAW to jpeg conversions images have had minimal manipulation in Picasa 3. When I’ve got my head around PhotoShop a little more I’ll possibly revisit them…
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Based on a photograph by Andrei at vishstudio. I cannot begin to thank him enough. Please visit his page to see more beautiful photographs……...
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This is a little weird, huh?
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homenaje a esa genial cancion Flight of Icarus y esa genial interpretacion YNGWIE MALMSTEEN
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Ink on 260gsm Bristol paper.
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like icarus
by Elucidateone day / i gathered together / the feathers / of my dreams / but like icarus / i aspired too high
Written 13 July 2009.
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Apophysis composite To praise is to praise / how one surrenders to the emptiness. Rumi
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It is Britain’s (and probably Europe’s) most common and most widespread blue, found as far north as Orkney and on most of the Outer Hebrides. Males are often very obvious as they defend territories against rivals and search out the more reclusive females. A range of grassland habitats are used: meadows, coastal dunes, woodland clearings and also many man made habitats, anywhere where their food plants are found. It is widespread in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia. Recently, Polyommatus icarus was discovered in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada by Ara Sarafian. An amateur entomologist, he had been observing the butterfly from 2005 to 2008. He contacted the Canadian National Collection of Insects in Ottawa where the butterfly was identified as P. icarus, a new alien butterfly to Canada and North America. The butterfly seems to be well established and is extending its range from year to year Info: Wikipedia EOS 20D, Sigma 150mm Macro Lens
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This started life as a dawn seascape taken at Shorncliffe, 70 sec bulb exposure at f8, with NDX400 & ND8 grad filter. / Then I completed the story with my old friend Photoshop.
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Featured in “Canon DSLR” October 2009 A bolt of lightning, photographed on the coast at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC briefly brightens the night sky shortly after the sun has set and creates a haunting purple image. Canon 40D / 2.5 sec f3.5 ISO 400
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