The Tower of Babel
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The Tower of Babel is a famous 16th-century painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicting the biblical story of humanity’s attempt to build a tower to reach heaven, symbolizing human ambition and divine judgment.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tower of Babel | 7 |
| The Tower of Babel canonical | 2 |
| De Toren van Babel | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Biblical story of the Tower of Babel in the Book of Genesis
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Genesis 11:1–9 ⓘ |
| collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Austria ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Pieter Bruegel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Flemish ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1563 ⓘ |
| depicts |
King Nimrod
NERFINISHED
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Tower of Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ biblical story of the Tower of Babel ⓘ city at the base of the tower ⓘ construction workers ⓘ harbor landscape ⓘ humanity’s attempt to build a tower to reach heaven ⓘ scaffolding ⓘ stone masonry ⓘ unfinished tower ⓘ workers speaking different languages (symbolically) ⓘ |
| genre |
history painting
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religious painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cranes and hoists
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royal entourage near the base of the tower ⓘ ships in the harbor ⓘ tower resembling the Roman Colosseum ⓘ |
| hasVersion | The Little Tower of Babel (painting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1563 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Biblical exegesis of Genesis
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contemporary architecture of Rome ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | none (visual artwork) ⓘ |
| location | Kunsthistorisches Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
divine judgment
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human ambition ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Pieter Bruegel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | De Toren van Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| painter | Pieter Bruegel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Bruegel’s series of works on human folly ⓘ |
| surface | panel ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
confusion of languages
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divine punishment ⓘ fragility of human projects ⓘ human pride ⓘ overreaching ambition ⓘ |
| title | The Tower of Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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