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The dream of flight, and art inspired by that desire, is as ancient as the Greek myth of Icarus from 1700 BC. In 500 BC, Chinese inventor Lu Ban and the Greek mathematician Archytas, as well as others, invented flying machines. In the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings of his “aerial screws” or helicopters and hang gliders were extraordinary works of art in themselves as were the fanciful flying ships in the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch. Art inspired by actual mechanized aviation, has followed its development ­– from colorful French prints of ballooning in the 18th century – to the …