Winged Man Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base, Modernist Nude Male Figurine, Decorative Statue, Exclusive gift idea

Winged Man Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base, Modernist Nude Male Figurine, Decorative Statue, Exclusive gift idea

Dimensions 19 × 14 × 32 cm

A dynamic bronze sculpture of a winged man standing proudly like Icarus displaying his wings before taking flight. A beautiful, signed sculpture, made of exclusive material, very precisely, with attention to the smallest details. The figure has green patinated elements. Set on a black marble base. The statuette makes a huge aesthetic impression and has a timeless style. It fits many interiors, as a decoration, as a prize or trophy in a plebiscite, competition or as a distinction for the best employee of the company.

Icarus (Latin: Icarus) in Greek mythology, son of Daedalus. Together with his father, he fled the island of Crete from its king Minos. Daedalus constructed wings for both of them, made of bird feathers glued together with wax. Fascinated by the flight, Icarus, contrary to his father’s warnings, flew too high, and the sun melted the wax, which caused Icarus to fall into the sea and die. The flight and fall of Icarus are a widespread symbol of man’s pursuit of his own goals against the natural order of the world, and at the same time a symbol of excessive ambition. It is a frequent motif in art, usually realising the symbolic content attributed to it,