Church at Montigny-sur-Loing (L'Église de Montigny-sur-Loing)

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

Here Cézanne depicts a view of Montigny-sur-Loing, a small medieval village situated on a river about 50 miles southeast of Paris. The building looming over the rooftops is a parish church built in the 12th century that still stands today. The striking diagonal in the foreground actually represents a tree rooted on a small piece of land. Cézanne flattens out the vista so that the river, the bank, and the distant buildings all appear on one continuous plane.

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