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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, in his 1916 novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (filmed in 1921 and 1962), provides an early example of this interpretation, writing, "The horseman on the white horse was clad in a showy and barbarous attire. . . . While his horse continued galloping, he was bending his bow in order to spread pestilence abroad.
The White Horse was one of Constable’s favourite paintings. He commented in a letter to Fisher in 1826: There are generally in the life of an artist perhaps one, two or three pictures, on which hang more than usual interest – this is mine. [9] In 1830, when Fisher was heavily indebted, he bought the painting back, also for 100 guineas. [10]
Dominant white has been studied in Thoroughbreds, Arabian horses, the American White horse, the Camarillo White Horse, and several other breeds. There are 32 identified variants of dominant white as of 2021, plus sabino 1 , each corresponding to a spontaneously-white foundation animal and a mutation on the KIT gene.
The 3,000-year-old Uffington White Horse hill figure in England.. White horses have a special significance in the mythologies of cultures around the world. They are often associated with the sun chariot, [1] with warrior-heroes, with fertility (in both mare and stallion manifestations), or with an end-of-time saviour, but other interpretations exist as well.
According to Buddhist legend, Kanthaka (in Pali and Sanskrit) (6th century BC, in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India) was an eighteen cubit long, favourite white horse and royal servant of Prince Siddhartha, who later became Gautama Buddha. Siddhartha used Kanthaka in all major events described in Buddhist texts prior to his renunciation of the ...
The Camarillo White Horse is a rare horse breed known for its pure white color. It dates back to 1921, when Adolfo Camarillo , one of the last Californios , purchased a 9-year-old stallion named Sultan at the California State Fair in Sacramento . [ 1 ]
Other English artists took inspiration from West's work. One was Phillip James de Loutherbourg, who painted The Opening of the Second Seal (Tate Gallery, London), using the pale white horse in The Death of the Pale Horse as a clear model. [1] West's apocalyptic subjects also resemble William Blake's watercolors based on the Book of Revelation. [1]
White Horse Pictures' first documentary, A Faster Horse, directed by David Gelb, was released in 2015. [3] In 2016, the team produced and sold worldwide The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, directed by Ron Howard and written by Mark Monroe, which won a Grammy for Best Music Film and multiple Emmy Awards. The film was Hulu's first documentary ...