Le Musee D' Orsay and Le Musee de'l Orangerie, Paris.
"...to approach with reverence, with awe for something greater than themselves, quietly open and vulnerable....move in close, where the brushstrokes become visible, and then move away, observing how the painting changes. Up close the brushstrokes appear chaotic, but from a distance, they resolve into an impressionistic scene." Instruction in beholding a piece of Monet's work, by Joel Upton, professor of art and art history at Amherst College (cited in Barbezat & Bush 2014)