[EN] The flight of the flying human figure must be situated, because of its abundance and dynamic particularities, in the art of the Modern Age, especially in the Italian art. In a context in which modern physics are calling into question the validity of the previous Aristotelian theories, and flying machines (which have a fantastic aspect in the literature) are invented, visual art develops a flight free from all the earthly obstacles that prevent the man from elevating. In this work we have inquired about the configuration of the flying human figure in the visual depiction (mainly Italian) from the XV century until the first half of the XVIII century, about the process of creation that allows to picture this movement which does not exist in external reality, about the visual resources involved in its expression, and about how the expression of flight evolves along this period. The flight of the aerial figures is an invention, in real life there is no actual reference of this kind of movement. In spite of its connection to flight, floatation, and weightlessness, it is not fully identifiable with neither of these dynamic phenomena. The mobile possibilities that flying figures exhibit support the idea that this kind of movement is detached from the everyday action of human beings: total freedom of trajectories which contradicts physical reality, elasticity and flexibility, constant movement, and changes in the nature and substance; moreover, it is a movement that appears to occur in a specific space-time. Its dynamism is attractive because of its visual character and also because of the ideas it conveys, which reveal a connection with the ideas in angelology and classic mythology. In the expression of flight within each artistic style, the taste and interests of the time are manifested. During the Quattrocento the change takes place, and the most significant features that are developed later appear in that moment. The presence of flying figures becomes progressively more abundant, mainly with the depictions of putti and cherubim. Also, from the XVI century onwards, the symbolism of flight as an approach to the spiritual world and physical emancipation becomes settled. In the final stage of this period, during the Rococo, flight becomes less abundant, and the visual complexity it had reached in previous stages is simplified and becomes subtler. The creative process to represent flight is based on intuition as a generator of internal and sensory experiences, visual memory and invention; from all these we find, under different terminologies, evidence in the texts of the Modern Age. Moreover, the use of visual information from different real actions (both in moving and static objects) and its transformation reveals itself in numerous pieces, especially in sketches. The dynamic resources of the artistic language are used to transmit the mobile characteristic of flying figures, mainly by stressing its dynamism, and prolonging the art work observation time. In ceiling pictures, these resources concentrate in the expressive use of the space of representation, and, frequently, in generating the sensation that the flying figures are part of the material reality of the spectator, merging the real and the fantasy world through both the symbolism and the material elements involved. The floating figure of the human figure cannot be dissociated from the Italian cultural context in the Modern Age, and to a great extent our knowledge of flight is defined by the art works coming from this period. TESIS