Introduction -- Past masters -- The impact of Impressionism -- Portraying the individual -- In pursuit of the human figure -- Searching for the ideal in the landscape -- The ultimate construct in still life

"This beautifully illustrated volume traces the development of Cézanne's style through his works on paper. Diverse in subject matter and execution, his drawings and watercolors include copies of other masters' works, studies of his immediate family and their domestic surroundings, and preliminary ideas for finished compositions. They reveal Cézanne as someone deeply committed to devising a process for comprehending and recording the world as he saw it. The result is some of the most absorbing art ever created."--Publisher's website