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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(piano music playing)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.84,0:00:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: I put myself in the\Nposition of these figures
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.04,0:00:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this cliff and I almost feel that wind
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.70,0:00:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whipping around me and my instability
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.50,0:00:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this cliff as a result.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.52,0:00:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: I can hear the cloth\Non my shirt just whipping.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.13,0:00:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we're ready for\Nthe sound effects now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.16,0:00:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(wind blowing)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.34,0:00:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a good idea. Monet doesn't need it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.35,0:00:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have this brilliant summer day,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.63,0:00:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're on a cliff walk in a seaside resort
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.59,0:00:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in northwestern France\Non the English Channel,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.38,0:00:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see these two women\N... This is just a lovely
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.26,0:00:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,image of people walking\Non a path in nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.95,0:00:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: Well, I think the fact\Nthat we immediately say,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.53,0:00:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know what this moment is like"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.16,0:00:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is indicative of the\Nfact that Monet is doing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.03,0:00:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that we still do today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.84,0:00:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go on vacation at the seaside.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.08,0:00:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's lovely to go for a\Nwalk along the clifftops
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.84,0:00:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feel the wind and look out to the sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.30,0:00:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: We're still part\Nof the modern world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.80,0:00:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he lived in and so there\Nis a real sense of immediacy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.69,0:01:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that comes across\Nin the brush strokes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.63,0:01:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's his hand moving across the canvas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.68,0:01:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's also the wind\Nwhipping through the grasses
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.57,0:01:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the top of this cliff.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.90,0:01:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: And yet all of\Nthat is also rounded by
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.63,0:01:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these two vertical features\Nthat we see of the rocks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.97,0:01:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that mimic the verticality of the figures.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.44,0:01:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: And look how he's\Nused those cliff faces
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.88,0:01:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a sense of the\Nbrilliance of the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.34,0:01:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are in deep shadow.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.75,0:01:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The contrast is so sharp,\Nit reminds us of when
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.22,0:01:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's sort of a glare from the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.89,0:01:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even though the\Npainting seems completely
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.49,0:01:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spontaneous, in fact, it\Nwas carefully crafted,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.17,0:01:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know from Monet's letters that when he
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.66,0:01:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,painted these images, and he painted about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.34,0:01:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hundred of them ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.30,0:01:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: Of these scenes\Nof the Normandy coast
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.98,0:01:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the early 1880s.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.65,0:01:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: He would go back\Nand go back and go back
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.66,0:01:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to them ... ten ... fifteen,\Nsometimes even twenty times.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.26,0:01:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: And so there really\Nare layers of paint
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.34,0:01:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you get up close,\Nyou can see those layers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.05,0:01:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is this conflict\Nbetween that the spontaneity,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.28,0:01:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the momentariness of this\Nscene and the way that he
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.49,0:02:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really worked to achieve that effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.01,0:02:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Let's step up. Let's\Nlook really closely at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.69,0:02:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes you see areas where\Nthe paint is still very fresh.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.100,0:02:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, this is oil.\NIt doesn't dry quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.63,0:02:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see how\Nhe's painting wet paint
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.08,0:02:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on top of wet paint.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.35,0:02:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: So if you paint wet paint over wet,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.42,0:02:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to smear the under layer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.10,0:02:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: And you can see\Nthat, if you look especially
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.100,0:02:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the women up on the cliff.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.85,0:02:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at their dresses.\NDo you see, for instance,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.25,0:02:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the woman that's close\Nto us, the way in which
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.61,0:02:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's that white at the\Nbottom of her dress ... I mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.88,0:02:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at the way that the\Nbell of the dress is pushed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.55,0:02:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up against the back of her\Nlegs, really giving you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.95,0:02:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sense of that wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.20,0:02:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the strokes are actually moving
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.92,0:02:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that direction, as well,\Nbut look at that way in which
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.19,0:02:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the white pushes down into the\Nred and picks some of it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.96,0:02:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is wet paint that\Nis pushing other wet paint
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.94,0:02:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across that surface.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.44,0:02:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: We could see that, too,\Nin the figure in the background
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.73,0:02:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the white that\Nhe's added on top of the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.81,0:02:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,red color of the parasol is\Nsmearing that red under layer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.35,0:02:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: That's right and that\Nis really different from,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.57,0:03:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for instance, the horizon line.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.31,0:03:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll notice that there's a\Ncool almost jade-like green,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.38,0:03:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you'll also notice\Nthat there are areas where
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.31,0:03:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the paint seems to skip\Nover an under layer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.46,0:03:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that under layer of even paler green
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.18,0:03:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was dry and actually\Nhad still ridges in it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.23,0:03:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so when he drew his brush across it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.48,0:03:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it picked up those ridges.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.70,0:03:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is wet paint over dried.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.60,0:03:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: It's just this incredible\Nknowledge of his materials
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.82,0:03:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what he needs to\Ndo with those materials
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.93,0:03:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for him to achieve the effect\Nthat he wants to achieve.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.23,0:03:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: Well, that's right.\NI think he's there for a
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.79,0:03:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[freed] to really pay\Nattention to what he's seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.90,0:03:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beth: This is a painting that's\Nabout the pleasure of seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.21,0:03:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a tourist moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.47,0:03:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These figures are enjoying\Ntheir walk along the cliff.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.18,0:03:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're looking out at\Nthis lovely picturesque
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.51,0:03:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,landscape of cliffs and sea\Nand sky and the clouds moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.36,0:03:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have this visual pleasure\Nand they're experiencing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.06,0:03:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visual pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.82,0:03:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is about looking in the modern world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.70,0:04:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of experience of\Nbeing a middle-class person
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.04,0:04:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at their leisure on holiday,\Nsomething that we can all relate to.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.89,0:04:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven: But painted in\Na way that brings us in,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.04,0:04:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a wonderfully intimate and direct way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.26,0:04:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we feel the wind, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.01,0:04:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(wind blowing)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.92,0:04:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(piano music playing)