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Course: The Seeing America Project > Unit 7
Lesson 5: 1945-1980- Charles Sebree, The Mystic
- Norman Lewis, Untitled
- A Harlem street scene by Jacob Lawrence, Ambulance Call
- Vertis Hayes, Juke Joint
- Sari Dienes, Star Circle
- Rothko, No. 210/No. 211 (Orange)
- Rafael Tufiño, La Plena
- Rafael Tufiño, Goyita
- Hedda Sterne, Number 3—1957
- Jess, If All the World Were Paper and All the Water Sink
- Fashion and alienation in 1960s New York, Marisol's The Party
- Gee's bend, quilting over generations
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Rafael Tufiño, La Plena
Rafael Tufiño, La Plena, 1952–54, oil on masonite, 15 x 30 feet (Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan) © Rafael Tufiño
Speakers: Dr. Tamara Díaz Calcaño and Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank. Created by Smarthistory.
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- Had an explanation of the term "La Plena" been given early in the lesson, that it meant something about "a type of song", the entire presentation would have been clearer to me. As it was, I only learned that a "plena" is a type of song near the end of the presentation.(1 vote)