Icarus
by Henri Matisse
When I was 10 or so, I asked for a poster of Icarus, this famous work by Herni Matisse -- probably the first one I asked for specifically. It hung in my room, until the house burned down some years later. At the time, I wasn't sophisticated or curious enough to know that the piece came from Matisse's 1947 book titled Jazz, or that the piece makes reference to a character from ancient Greek mythology. No doubt, I was drawn to the primary colors and the basic expression of weightlessness...and the fact that it looked like something I could have put together. That's enough to make me like some pieces of art even now. I haven't changed much.
by Henri Matisse
When I was 10 or so, I asked for a poster of Icarus, this famous work by Herni Matisse -- probably the first one I asked for specifically. It hung in my room, until the house burned down some years later. At the time, I wasn't sophisticated or curious enough to know that the piece came from Matisse's 1947 book titled Jazz, or that the piece makes reference to a character from ancient Greek mythology. No doubt, I was drawn to the primary colors and the basic expression of weightlessness...and the fact that it looked like something I could have put together. That's enough to make me like some pieces of art even now. I haven't changed much.
