leading from
Chagall's Icarus (1975) |
Jean Delville's "Treasures of Satan" (1894)
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b) Meanwhile the Icarus figure stays the right way around, but his legs transform into Conan the Barbarian's outstretched arm and Icarus' arms turn into a leg going behind the ape's head, while the red glow remains on the right of the human's body. Looking at the time Icarus was painted, I would wonder if Chagall had taken note of Howard's composition in light of the Treasures of Satan connection..
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