"Nature": Cezanne 's way to the BwO (original) (raw)

The Louvre is a good book to consult but it must be only an intermediary. The real and immense study to be undertaken is in the manifold picture of nature. (italics added) -Paul Cézanne, Letter to Emile Bernard dated May 12,1904 In his course "Interdisciplinary Art," Steven Henry Madoff outlines his argument on the fundamentals of interdisciplinary art practice with this statement: …let me start by saying that all interdisciplinary art derives from painting, sculpture, and theater. From the experience of art as a pictorial surface and as a physical, three-dimensional space into which actors enter, interact, and propel the conception of the work. (AP Art History I, Lecture #2,Page. 3)