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This new tolerance of diversity allows us to go back and reconsider that which was deemed out of step with the drive to modernist abstraction . He said that his first revelation of art had been the sight of The Night Watch , which is , indeed , one of the few great pictures painted with an appetite as hearty and unfastidious as his own . He uses linear perspective , not that of the colours , in spite of variations in colour and sharpness of the contours according to their distance from the eye . " " No object appears to us in its natural whiteness , because the place in which it is seen makes it , for the eye , seem more or less white according to whether the place is more or less dark . The bold and vigorous streaks , dashes , and dabs seem to zip across the surface in animated and energetic rhythms , blurring forms , obliterating drawing , and weaving the pieces together . They tend to pepper monographs on the artist , sometimes standing at the head of each chapter like totemic reminders : here is the great Cezanne , at age thirty-three just before he entered his Impressionistic phase . " " The first thing to consider , if you wish to recognize a good painting , is whether the movement is appropriate to the state of mind of the person who is moving ; - secondly whether the more or less pronounced relief of objects placed in the shadow is adjusted to the distance ; - thirdly , whether the proportions of the parts ( of the body ) correspond to those of the whole ; - fourthly , whether the choice of positions is appropriate to the type of actions ; - fifthly whether the detail of the figures corresponds to their character , that is , delicate limbs for delicate people , strong for the strong , fat for the fat , etc. " Human movement may be understood through knowledge of the parts of the body and the entire series of the positions of limbs and articulations , - then , set down by means of some stenographic notation the actions of people , with their particulars , without them noticing that you are observing them ; - for if they realized it , this would intrigue them and the act in which before they were completely absorbed will lose some of its force ; - for example , when two angry men are in the midst of an argument , each thinking that he is right , they agitate their eyebrows and arms and other limbs with much vehemence , making gestures that are appropriate to their words and intentions . He uses both hands in amighty effort to thrust his huge spear into the dragon 's throat , and thispowerful gesture dominates the whole scene . He held one-painting shows of these immense canvases , which people flocked to see , encountering these marvels of nature for the first time .