Tower of babel

The legendary Tower of Babel is said to have been the largest construction endeavor of antiquity. Its goal being to build a tower that reached the heavens, myths tell how the gods disliked this new level of human ambition, so they confused their languages to prevent the tower’s completion. (Babylon, Babylonian Empire)

The painting is about the Tower of Babel. The story is from the Bible, and it tells how the people of the world tried to build a tower to reach heaven. God was not happy with this, and he confused their language so that they could not understand each other. The people had to stop building the tower, and they were scattered all over the world. The painting shows the tower under construction, with people working on it. There are also people on the ground, some of whom are running away from the…

The tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel: An Iconic story from the Hebrew testament that attempts to explain the existence of all the languages of the Earth. Dore's use of scale here is phenominal, as the tower's massive presence not only dominates the background but also animates the subjects in the foreground, particularly the figure at the center, whose arms jut upward in a pantomime of the tower itself. Fusing the subject with the tower is this pieces greatest achievement.

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Victor Delhez (Belgian, 1902-1985). Tower of Babel