La Chute D'icare

[sandyRoe]

This is the title of a work by Matisse. 'Icare' is clearly Icarus. What does the sentence mean?

[jno]

the fall of Icarus

[jno]

or in Flemish De val van Icarus

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Pieter_Bruegel_de_Oude_-_De_val_van_Icarus.jpg

[sandyRoe]

merci, jno

[jno]

de nada

[Svejk]

looks like he's doing synchronised swimming.

[Peter Pedant]

ze fowl of ow-you-say EE-car

sorry Sandy that is my fransh accent

daedalus stuck wings on him with wax - and he flew too far to the sun.
That one

[sandyRoe]

I know the waxy tale. I posted an account of a dream, or a nightmare, I had which was very like it. How could I find it?