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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.14,0:00:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(cheerful music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.49,0:00:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Speaker 1] We're looking\Nat a beautiful painting
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.64,0:00:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an astounding cactus by\Nthe great landscape painter,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.18,0:00:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jose Maria Velasco.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.73,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're here in the National\NMuseum of Art in Mexico City.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Speaker 2] The painting\Nthat we're looking at
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.37,0:00:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the famous "Candelabrum"\Ncactus from Oaxaca.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.43,0:00:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This particular Candelabrum\Ncactus that Velasco
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.21,0:00:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has painted is near the town\Nof Tecomavaca in Oaxaca state.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.24,0:00:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Speaker 1] It fills the\Nentire canvas, which is vertical,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.97,0:00:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is an unusual format\Nfor a landscape painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.93,0:00:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see that he's carefully studied
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.10,0:00:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way that the light falls\Non each of the branches
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.30,0:00:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the cactus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.47,0:00:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Speaker 2] We know Velasco\Nsaw this on his travels
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.95,0:00:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he became fascinated by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.71,0:00:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, returned to it and\Ndid studies of the cactus
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.17,0:00:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to then create the painting\Nthat we're seeing here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.72,0:00:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Speaker 1] And yet,\Nfor all it's capturing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.20,0:00:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perfectly of the light on the branches,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.01,0:01:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's also loosely painted in\Nsome areas along the tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.90,0:01:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially on the shady side.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.96,0:01:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those purple-ish pinks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.76,0:01:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can feel a love of the\NMexican countryside here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.70,0:01:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Speaker 2] Which is\Nsomething that we can see
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.96,0:01:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout his paintings\Nin the late 19th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.22,0:01:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there is this love\Nof landscape as a symbol
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.04,0:01:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the national identity of Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.90,0:01:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Speaker 1] He's included\Na figure, so we have a sense
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.82,0:01:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the enormous scale of\Nthe Candelabrum cactus,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.36,0:01:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also the smallness\Nof man in relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.21,0:01:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the landscape, a sense\Nof the age of this tree
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.69,0:01:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's reached this enormous height,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.90,0:01:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the many generations of human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.53,0:01:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have passed while\Nthis cactus has endured.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.60,0:01:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Speaker 2] Jose Maria\NVelasco, as a painter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.77,0:01:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was doing many of these\Ndifferent preparatory drawings,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.19,0:01:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was interested in\Nthe scientific accuracy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.93,0:01:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.97,0:01:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we look around the gallery here,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.48,0:01:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see numerous examples\Nof his studies of wildlife,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.93,0:01:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his studies of even\Nthe pre-Hispanic past.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.16,0:01:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Speaker 1] This interest in Mexico
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.56,0:02:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his own time, but also\Nin Mexico looking back
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.51,0:02:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,historically, archeological sites.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.95,0:02:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a watercolor here\Nthat he did of an Aztec pot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.50,0:02:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the subject matter is Mexican,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.88,0:02:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me these landscapes really\Nspeak of the beauty of nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.75,0:02:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Speaker 2] Endowing nature with this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.23,0:02:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monumental, grandiose quality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.96,0:02:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(cheerful music)