To help you navigate this video, we invite you to answer the following questions as you watch it.

Why did Tarsila start to pursue a national artistic identity?
Why did she go back to Brazil?
What characterised her phase, Pau Brazil?
How did she see her homeland differently?
How did she incorporate these findings into her painting?
Was Tarsila a surrealist? If yes or no, why do you think that was?
How did Tarsila transform the myth of A Cuca?
How did she organise the composition of the painting?
Why do you think she chose that specific frame for her paintings?
Does the frame add or remove value to her paintings?