Public Art on Campus - Charles Umlauf
ART ON CAMPUS
Icarus
Year: 1965
Medium: Bronze
Location: Outside/Front Dishman Art Museum
Interesting Tidbit:
In Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Daedalus was imprisoned by King Minos of Crete within his own creation. To escape, he created two giant pairs of wings from a wooden frame covered with wax and feathers. When Daedalus presented a set of wings to Icarus, he cautioned him not to fly near the sun. Icarus, in his exhilaration with the ability to fly, forgot his father's warning and flew too high causing the wax on the wings to melt and sending him plummeting to his death in the ocean.