1563, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Tower of Babel (detail) -- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)
From the museum label: Bruegel's monumental composition became the most famous, most often copied and varied classic depiction of the tower. Perspective is provided by the seemingly Flemish port which seems tiny in comparison with the tower. Painstakingly, and in encyclopaedic detail, Bruegel depicts countless technical and craftsmanship processes. He blends elements from antique and Romanesque architecture in the stone structure around the building's exterior.
1563, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Tower of Babel (detail) -- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)
From the museum label: Bruegel's monumental composition became the most famous, most often copied and varied classic depiction of the tower. Perspective is provided by the seemingly Flemish port which seems tiny in comparison with the tower. Painstakingly, and in encyclopaedic detail, Bruegel depicts countless technical and craftsmanship processes. He blends elements from antique and Romanesque architecture in the stone structure around the building's exterior.