The Peaceable Kingdom Analysis

When you think of peace you may think that total peace will never be obtained. People will always fight because of their greed and animals will always hunt for food to survive. Edward Hick an amazing artist was able to capture the perfect world in his oil painting called, “The Peaceable Kingdom”. He painted this unattainable world in 1847. With his combination of all the elements of art he could catch the viewer’s eye and draw them to the painting. In this representational painting by Edward Hicks he brings the viewer’s eye to the major figures in the bottom right hand corner of the painting. The large mass of the animals and a few people all clumped together makes a viewer take a second look. When they do so, they see lots of different animals, not only predatory animals (loins, leopards, bears) but also prey animals (sheep and cow) in very close proximity to one …show more content…
It does not highlight any special feature, but takes away from the mountains and sky to make them come to an end. The animals in front of the perspective show a sense of darker colors to show the light is on the other side of them. The animals have many expressive lines on their faces. The lion looks at complete content while walking by the bull that seems to be calm. The leopard at the bottom standing shows a small amount of a roar. His mouth is wide open with his jowls are pulled back as if showing his teeth to another species. The sheep stands in front of the wolf with no sign of fear. The person in the middle left side has his arms down in a sign to communicate and not fight. He is staying his distance from the native people and they show a sign to listen while looking form the trees. There is no fighting, but total and complete peace between all the major points in the visual artwork. This piece of work has some light but does not highlight anything major. While all the animals are together they seem to be at complete