We will examine selected paintings of the Father of Modern Art but not as art critics, art historians, or even afficionados. Instead, with the help of certain philosophers and literary figures who fell under Cezanne’s influence, including Rilke, Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger, Woolf, Stevens, William Carlos Williams, and others, we will try to see these paintings from their perspectives, and perhaps in doing so learn to see the world through the most gifted (or perhaps disturbed, or perhaps they are the same) eyes of Cezanne as each did in his or her own way. Maybe in doing so our seeing can be informed, as Cezanne’s came to be, by the seemingly strange contingencies of vision, and we can come to see our world afresh through the uncanniness of his paintings. So please think of this as a skills course for you and for me. It will be taught through readings, discussions, lectures, and numerous in-class and out-of-class exercises. Come prepared please to participate earnestly as we learn from the “patron saint of modernity.” No prior knowledge of Cezanne or our literary and philosophical figures required. All readings will be provided.