Cézanne’s perception of the world has an active, organizational beginning. The painting Banks of the Marne portrays the traditional 19th century motif of a river with a bridge, trees, and houses. It gives the sensation of primitive grandeur, and it is immersed in the eternal. The artist builds a dynamic landscape by developing the space into the depths and into the heights at the same time. He does this by using energetic brush strokes, which are applied in parallel or perpendicular to the horizon line. His famous “spheroid” space makes his artwork resemble a majestic architectural ensemble. Paint strokes made with a free and wide brush, in all the richness of their hues – greenish, blue, and ochre – seem to sculpt the shape of objects. The expressiveness of the painting texture and its compositional structure creates the feeling that the motif has a special significance.