De l’Antiquité à la science-fiction : la réinvention de Babylone dans les représentations artistiques occidentales des xxe et xxie siècles
The iconography of Babylon and the Tower of Babel, often confused legendary places, underwent a surprising transformation beginning in the twentieth century. From an ancient Eastern city, Babylon became a contemporary Western megalopolis and the myth of Babel was the object of a total inversion of v...
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| description | The iconography of Babylon and the Tower of Babel, often confused legendary places, underwent a surprising transformation beginning in the twentieth century. From an ancient Eastern city, Babylon became a contemporary Western megalopolis and the myth of Babel was the object of a total inversion of values: from nostalgia for the cohesion through language to the fear of having a unique language imposed on oneself and losing all individuality. These reversals, which originate in a strong identification of Western societies with Babel-Babylon, influence many of the images produced on the subject. Studying these changes enables us to understand the surprising iconographic innovations that were the result: technological progress, slavery and totalitarianism, as well as utopias and towers of books are new elements that influence representations of the myth. |
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