Icarus is a character in Greek Mythology who fell to his death when the sun melted the wax holding together the wings he was using to fly.
The Fall of Icarus is a common subject in art, and may refer to:
- A mural by Pablo Picasso (1958) in the UNESCO headquarters, Paris
- An art installation by Peter Greenaway from 1986, with music by Michael Nyman.
- Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, a painting originally attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" (poem) by US poet William Carlos Williams
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