Anyone else miss seeing the statue of Icarus at the New Orleans airport, hanging from the roof of the old terminal building?
(the big bronze gothic status with wings)
I noticed about a year ago that he was gone, so I asked the woman at the information booth... and she said "his head done fell off"
Anyone know if he's being preserved somewhere and if there's a chance he might come back?
Anyone else miss seeing this at MSY?
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10-03-2011, 11:11 PMiedmundsAnyone else miss seeing this at MSY?
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10-04-2011, 06:42 AMsay-what
Couldn't tell you, and there doesn't seem to be anything on the local news sites. I thought Gambit might have something, maybe in the Blake Pontchartrain section, but nope.
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10-04-2011, 09:53 AMNYKF HornetI miss it ... I thought it was a great piece. But I didn't know it was Icarus, I thought it was based on a series of gothic etchings. I can't remember the artist but that piece looked exactly like the etchings.Quote:
Originally Posted by iedmunds
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10-04-2011, 05:57 PMUnknown Poster
Good news: He'll be replaced with Mr. Bingle.
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10-04-2011, 08:21 PMiedmunds
found a picture...
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10-05-2011, 04:36 AMUnknown Poster
That's scary!
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10-05-2011, 11:12 AMB-RichLeonardo Da Vinci. I'm pretty sure the piece at MSY was based on his drawings of a human-powered flying machine based on the principle of a bat wings, rather than an interpretation of Icarus:Quote:
Originally Posted by NYKF Hornet
http://wanderling.tripod.com/fly5.jpg http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...cp20slide1.jpg
(above right is actual mock-up built for a museum)
According to Greek Mythology, Icarus and his father had wings made of wax and feathers, more inspired by a bird.
