Pictorial Space throughout Art History: Cézanne and ... - ARAS

ARAS Connections Issue 2, 2012
The forms shrink away from the edges of the rectangle. The movement
creates a hole which violates the flat surface. There are spatial effects but there is
no balance and no unity.
In the final composition(fig. 11) each plane has a distinct, tangible location
in depth. There is a circular movement from the foreground, back to upper right,
and forward and down again from the upper left. The forms expand towards the
edges of the overall rectangle; the forces which thrust the planes apart make the
picture big and solid. The composition creates space but maintains the flatness of
the picture plane. It feels whole and alive.
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