The Memory of the Tower of Babel: between mith, history and art

Abstract

In this article we propose to identify the transmission of cultural memory of the Tower of Babel’s myth by means of artistic connections between Eastern Antiquity and Renascentist Europe, through perceptions of esthetic information. We also bring up a counterpoint to hegemonic view of art history, whose artistic references have been eurocentric and/or North-american, by presenting the works of a contemporary artist who lives in Southern Brazil.