1. Composition Composition is the careful positioning of objects within a painting. Composition is used to guide our eye around a painting, and when used in the right way, can really enhance the way the painting looks to us!

2. Paul Cezanne was a French, Post Impressionist Painter, and is still one of the most famous Artists in history. Cezanne is known for using compositiona l tools, such as: Diagonal Line The Pyramid shape

3. Can you see where Cezanne has used both a diagonal line, and a pyramid within this composition ?

4. Here is another painting, this time by a different artist. It also uses some of these compositional tools. The next few slides Show where similar Composition has been Used.

7. Composition isn’t just useful to use correctly in still-life paintings though. It’s also very important in the creation of landscape paintings! You should be able to spot Where Cezanne has used a Pyramid composition within This painting.

8. And in this one… Is it a pyramid shape or a diagonal line?

9. In this Painting by Cezanne, the artist has done something a little differently though. Can you explain what It is?