Due to the lack of conventions in the depiction of the subject, Cézanne was given the freedom to create meaning within this largely untouched area.

With his paintings of still life, Cézanne effectively reinvented and reinvigorated the subject, which then had great influence on artists of the 20th century, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.

The basket of apples also tilts forward, and appears to be held in place by the bottle and folds of the tablecloth.

Since the Early Renaissance, artists had used a single vantage point in order to create the illusion of space.

[1] The Basket of Apples demonstrates how Cézanne employed multiple perspectives, a vivid colour palette and analytical brushwork to produce creative compositions in opposition to realistic depictions of everyday objects.

This was noted by Braque in 1957, who stated, "The hard-and-fast rules of perspective ... were a ghastly mistake which it has taken four centuries to redress; Paul Cézanne and after him Picasso and myself can take a lot of credit for this."[4]!