Perceptual Perspective and Cezanne’s Landscapes

The author has introduced a system of perspective that takes into account not only the visual properties of the human eye, but also certain effects produced by the brain during visual perception. Such a perspective, called perceptual perspective, represents the perspective of visual perception better than geometrical (linear) perspective does. The author’s analysis of Cézanne’s landscapes demonstrates that Cézanne intuitively employed the underlying concepts of perceptual perspective that provide a rational basis for explaining the geometrical ‘oddities’ noted in his paintings.