Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Peter Brueghels meaning in the painting of the tower of babel
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jewels
I have to write a report on peter brughel and I need some help. I don't really understand if there is supposed to be a deeper meaning in his painting the Tower of Babel?
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This painting has a philosophical as well as a political meaning. On the philosophical side it warns against the dangers of pride and the use of rational logic in an attempt to understand God. On the political level, it exists as an allegorical representation of the Hapsburg Empire.
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