The Death on the Pale Horse

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The Death on the Pale Horse is a dramatic apocalyptic painting by Benjamin West depicting the biblical vision of Death riding forth as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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Death on the Pale Horse 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf apocalyptic painting
painting
religious painting
artForm oil painting
artisticTheme divine punishment
end of the world
human suffering
mortality
basedOn Book of Revelation
surface form: New Testament Book of Revelation

vision of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
colorPalette dramatic contrasts of light and dark
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Benjamin West
creatorBirthName Benjamin West
creatorBirthPlace Springfield, Pennsylvania
creatorNationality American
creatorOccupation painter
depicts Book of Revelation
Christian eschatology
Death
Death Rides a Horse
surface form: Death riding a pale horse

the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
surface form: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

chaos and destruction
crowds of terrified people
divine judgment
heavenly and infernal forces
genre history painting
religious art
hasInfluence Romantic religious painting
hasPart angels
cataclysmic landscape
figures of the damned
pale horse
hasStyle complex multi-figure arrangement
dramatic composition
dynamic movement
expressive gestures
inspiredBy biblical prophecy
mainSubject The Last Judgment
surface form: Last Judgment

apocalypse
divine wrath
movement Neoclassicism
Romanticism
originalLanguageTitle The Death on the Pale Horse self-linksurface differs
surface form: Death on the Pale Horse

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Benjamin West knownFor The Death on the Pale Horse
Benjamin West notableWork The Death on the Pale Horse
The Death on the Pale Horse originalLanguageTitle The Death on the Pale Horse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Death on the Pale Horse