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Daedalus And Icarus By Anthony Van Dyck

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The painting Daedalus and Icarus by Anthony van Dyck, (located in the AGO’s European section) visually represents a few concepts we have covered in our Adolescent Development and Health course, such as the conflicts that arise between parents and their adolescent children in the Steinberg and Morris article: “Adolescent Development”.

Van Dyck’s painting captures the subtleties of adolescent naivety, Icarus’ hand gesture can be argued as being like the contemporary shoulder shrug and eye roll of a teenager as their parent warns or lecture them. His eyes look towards the viewer, rather than to his father, as Daedalus points upwards, warning him not to fly too close to the sun, or his wings will melt and he will fall to his death (“Classic

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