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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.05,0:00:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(piano music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.37,0:00:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Pleasure often comes with\Na cost, with a little pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.97,0:00:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lucas Cranach the elder\Nreminds us of us of that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.78,0:00:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his painting, Cupid\NComplaining to Venus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.49,0:00:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: We see Cupid who\Nhas reached for a honeycomb
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.11,0:00:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to be stung by a whole set of bees.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.12,0:00:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's looking up at\NVenus his mother in pain
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.26,0:00:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though he's pleading for her sympathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.28,0:00:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: She doesn't seem to be paying\Nattention to him at all however.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.36,0:00:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, she is looking out\Nat us as a sultry seducer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.17,0:00:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: There is no denying the\Neroticism of this painting,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.63,0:00:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of her body, of her look toward us,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.37,0:00:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way that she\Npositions her legs between
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.11,0:00:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that branch, the way that she reaches\Nup toward the apples on the tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.28,0:00:47.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reminding us of Eve\Nand the Garden of Eden.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.100,0:00:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: So this is really\Na bit of a composite.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.75,0:00:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have on the one hand this\Nreference back to antiquity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.68,0:00:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have Venus the goddess\Nof love and beauty.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.06,0:00:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have her son Cupid. These\Nare all classical references.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.23,0:01:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in the top you have\Na translation from the Latin,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.93,0:01:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which actually speaks to the relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.50,0:01:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between pain and pleasure,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.34,0:01:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet we also have this very dramatic image
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.27,0:01:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this dark forest on the left
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.53,0:01:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fashions actually that\Nrelate to the Saxon court.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.78,0:01:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: Cranach was court\Npainter to the electors,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.68,0:01:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rulers of Saxony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.51,0:01:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Who actually\Ncommissioned this painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.90,0:01:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: And so the woman here, Venus,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.69,0:01:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although she's the pagan\Ngoddess of love as you said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.82,0:01:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is wearing the headdress and necklaces
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.10,0:01:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an Aristocratic woman\Nat the court in Saxony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.67,0:01:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: It's a little bit vampy\Nto have this nude woman wear
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.68,0:01:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both jewelry and that wild headdress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.78,0:01:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: And be utterly nude otherwise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.77,0:01:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Yeah it is. She is\Npainted so seductively
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.60,0:01:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he really is challenging\Nus with the moral issues
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.19,0:01:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our lust.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.87,0:01:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: Of whether the\Npleasure is worth the pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.82,0:01:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.04,0:01:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: So on the left we\Nhave a German forest with
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.40,0:02:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stag and a doe and on\Nthe right a very deep
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.18,0:02:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,landscape with a lovely\Nreflection in the river.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.00,0:02:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: You can see in that water two swans
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.97,0:02:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reflection of a\Nhouse with a red roof.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.90,0:02:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond that is wonderfully fanciful cliffs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.97,0:02:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is a castle up at the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.40,0:02:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a house that is\Ncantilevered over on the right side.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.59,0:02:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: And the castle on the river itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.78,0:02:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: With the beautiful\Nreflection in that still water.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.25,0:02:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: This is an Aristocratic image.\NThis is an image of castles on rivers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.47,0:02:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels German to me in so many ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.55,0:02:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The forest, the rivers, the castles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.20,0:02:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: And yet in the foreground\Nyou have this wonderful
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.15,0:02:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classicized literary reference.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.33,0:02:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not only sexual but\Nit's also really playful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.58,0:02:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's not forget about\Nthe complaining infant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.07,0:02:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(piano music).