Christmas Bauble Tower of Babel

Description

All baubles are produced where the bauble was born 200 years ago, in an area called Sudetenland in Europe. That is the border area of ​​Germany and the Czech Republic. It is a form of art, real craftsmanship to make a Christmas bauble.

All Christmas baubles are mouth-blown and hand-painted. Piece by piece.

The story of the Tower of Babel (Hebrew: מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל, Mīgdal Bāḇel) in Genesis 11:1–9 is a myth intended to explain why the peoples of the world speak different languages. According to the story, a united human race speaking one language migrates eastward to the land of Shinar (שִׁנְעָר‎). There they decide to build a city with a tower. Yahweh, observing their city and the tower, confuses their speech so that they no longer understand each other, and scatters them throughout the world.

Some scholars have linked the Tower of Babel to well-known structures, most notably Etemenanki, a ziggurat dedicated to the Mesopotamian god Marduk in Babylon. Although there is no archaeological evidence, many scholars believe that the Biblical story was inspired by Etemenanki.

Dimensions: 12 x 8 cm

€27,50
€27,50

Christmas Bauble Tower of Babel

One of the best-known works in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is the 'Tower of Babel' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted around 1560. This Christmas bauble was designed by Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. Each ball is mouth-blown and hand-painted.

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Description

All baubles are produced where the bauble was born 200 years ago, in an area called Sudetenland in Europe. That is the border area of ​​Germany and the Czech Republic. It is a form of art, real craftsmanship to make a Christmas bauble.

All Christmas baubles are mouth-blown and hand-painted. Piece by piece.

The story of the Tower of Babel (Hebrew: מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל, Mīgdal Bāḇel) in Genesis 11:1–9 is a myth intended to explain why the peoples of the world speak different languages. According to the story, a united human race speaking one language migrates eastward to the land of Shinar (שִׁנְעָר‎). There they decide to build a city with a tower. Yahweh, observing their city and the tower, confuses their speech so that they no longer understand each other, and scatters them throughout the world.

Some scholars have linked the Tower of Babel to well-known structures, most notably Etemenanki, a ziggurat dedicated to the Mesopotamian god Marduk in Babylon. Although there is no archaeological evidence, many scholars believe that the Biblical story was inspired by Etemenanki.

Dimensions: 12 x 8 cm