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A character from this book is shown in front of a nude figure pointing left and straddling a figure emerging from the sea in two entries of a series commissioned by Thomas Butts. (-5[1])A large triptych from the 1850s inspired by this book includes The Plains of Heaven and was the last major work by John Martin. (-5[1])The title figure holds a lightning (10[1])bolt (-5[1])amid (-5[1])raised swords (-5[1])in the last of three versions of a painting based on this book by Benjamin West. This book inspired William Blake’s painting The Great Red Dragon (10[2])and the Woman (10[2]-5[1])Clothed (10[3])with the Sun. (10[4])A painting inspired by this book (10[2])depicts an (10[1])elongated man in blue raising his hands (10[1])to the cloudy sky; (10[1])that El Greco painting (10[1])is The Opening (10[1])of the Fifth Seal. (10[9]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[2])what biblical book (10[3]-5[1])inspired (10[3])Albrecht (10[1]-5[1])Dürer’s The Four (10[1])Horsemen (10[2])of the Apocalypse? (10[3]-5[1])■END■ (10[8]0[1])

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