Two of the landscapes are “corner reliefs.” Traditionally, corners are decorated only in churches, usually with figures of saints. The idea of having a sculpture encompass a corner and project into a living space is innovative if not unique. Braque painted the “Castille de Roche Guyon” four times in the summer of 1909. The first painting was quite realistic. He progressively moved towards cubist abstraction. Roche Guyon I was inspired by the second painting and Roche Guyon II by the fourth.