Eugenio D'Ors found in Paul Cézanne, from a very early date, a worthwhile interlocutor in the search for order, balance and structure, a muscular reaction against the art of the 19th century, anecdotal, subjective and musical, which heralded a return to classicism. Stoic in his moral life, a baroque ending in Doric — in a happy Orsian sentence — the southern painter established himself as the forerunner and teacher of a whole new generation of visual artists who were to renew the artistic panorama of the 20th century. With admirable sagacity and finesse of analysis, Eugenio D’Ors draws us one of the most exciting adventures of modern art.