Bruegel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (ca. 1558) is a painting which is famous for making the fall to a scarcely noticed event in the background

Daedalus and Icarus, a relief in a Roman villa

Icarus was the son of Daedalus. Daedalus was imprisoned in his own invention, the labyrinth. He helped the hero Theseus kill King Minos’s beast, the Minotaur, and run away with King Minos’s daughter, Ariadne.

Daedelus came up with a plan. He knew that Minos controlled all escape routes by land or sea, so he decided to go by air. He built wings for himself and Icarus. They found their way out of the labyrinth and flew out of the highest tower.