the tower of babel is located at genesis 11:1-9 in the bible.
the tower of babel is located at genesis 11:1-9 in the bible.
where in the bible is the tower of babel located?
genesis 11:1-9
a favourite theme of abel grimmer was the "tower of babel" of which he produced several versions, clearly inspired by pieter bruegel the elder's treatment of the same subject. the subject is taken from the book of genesis 11:1-9. this narrates the story of the decision to build a city and a tower reaching into the heavens. the biblical character nimrod was appointed to oversee the project's construction. this story was a rich source of subject matter for various late 16th and early 17th century flemish painters. their representations were inspired by the two works of 1563 by pieter bruegel the elder on this subject matter (kunsthistorisches museum, vienna; and museum boijmans van beuningen, rotterdam). the story of the tower of babel is in essence a reflection on human impiety and hubris, a moral message already implicit in both bruegel’s paintings. the architecture of the tower of babel in grimmer's paintings of the subject echoes that of the colosseum, which in the 16th-century symbolised the decay of imperial rome. grimmer's treatment of this subject can also be interpreted as a comment on the turbulent times in which he was living. his home country - the spanish netherlands - was at the time he created the paintings engaged in a struggle with the breakaway protestant provinces in the north. the story of the tower of babel also tells about a world in which people speaking one language are suddenly riven with the incomprehension of many different languages. this paralleled the 16th century, when the once united netherlands became divided between a catholic south and a protestant north which vigorously debated the interpretation of the bible and the role of the church. abel grimmer collaborated with several different figure painters who provided the staffage in his babel paintings.
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babel is a name used in the hebrew bible for the city of babylon.









































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section::::tower of babel.









































bullet::::- tower of babel, biblical account









































bullet::::- tower of babel (disambiguation), various artistic and written works deriving from the biblical account









































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bullet::::- babylon, mesopotamia itself









































bullet::::- babel, carmarthenshire, a village in wales









































bullet::::- babel bangka belitung, a province in indonesia









































bullet::::- babel, khuzestan, a village in iran









































bullet::::- the babil governorate in iraq (named after babylon) is sometimes transliterated as "babel"









































bullet::::- babel island, tasmania, australia









































bullet::::- babel river, alaska, united states
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