In addition, the movements of the leading figures give the painting a series of strong lines that are sharp and even perhaps vicious. In the book Artworks for elementary teachers: Developing artistic and perceptual awareness, the authors Donald Herberholz, and Barbara Herberholz clarify that vertical lines convey power, resistance, and greatness while horizontal lines gives us a tranquil sense and proposes serene, amicable things (Herberholz, & Herberholz 2002a, p. 21). For example, the sensation of uneasiness and urgency is educed through the lines making up the woman’s arm, the man’s nearly drawn sword, the savage expressions and pointed farm instruments the peasants are fighting with outside the inn (tavern), as well as the lines of the
