Title: “Impression, Sunrise”
Date: 1873
Nationality: French
Creator: Claude Monet
Medium: Oil on canvas
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This painting is
one of the most well-known and earliest impressionist paintings. In order to
make sense of this genre of painting, the viewer has to interpret and “fill in”
the rest of the details in order to fully grasp the painting. This requires
work and investment on the part of the viewer, and this participation of the
viewer was one of the hallmarks of the impressionist era. Strong and Davis
remark that, “It is up to the viewer to make the brush strokes and color into a
whole and give it meaning” (667). In learning, the “viewer” is the learner. They
are required to make sense of what they are learning and synthesize it into a
broader meaning. No one can accomplish
this but the learner; individual choice is key. This would be presented to
demonstrate the next part of my definition, that you have to expand yourself. I would use this to show how in learning, the
learner is, in the end, responsible for his or her learning. If a civilization
is built on people waiting for others to make or help them learn, the
civilization will struggle and float aimlessly along. But if a civilization is
instead filled with people investing in their own learning and deciding to make
sense of whatever information that they can receive, then the civilization
thrives and has a strong drive toward progress.
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