Ads
related to: pictures of the original tower of babel
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Tower of Babel was the subject of three paintings by Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The first, a miniature painted on ivory, was painted in 1552–1553 while Bruegel was in Rome, and is now lost.
This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image on Commons within the scope The Tower of Babel, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Vienna version).
The phrase "Tower of Babel" does not appear in Genesis nor elsewhere in the Bible; it is always "the city and the tower" [c] or just "the city". [d] The original derivation of the name Babel, which is the Hebrew name for Babylon, is uncertain.
Original file (1,205 × 928 pixels, file size: 229 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) ... Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Main subject/Tower of Babel
Original file (4,540 × 2,985 pixels, file size: 12.39 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. ... The Tower of Babel ; Artist:
Original – "The Tower of Babel" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting depict the construction of the Tower of Babel, which according to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, was a tower built by a unified, monolingual humanity as a mark of their achievement and to prevent them from scattering. Reason The image is of an impressive quality.