Recognition of Man: The Renaissance

Year Published: 1968

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows that the main Renaissance contribution to Western culture was the recognition of the individual in life and art. Explains that one of the most significant creations of the Renaissance was portraiture, a new category of art which reveals man's developing awareness of his active destiny in life. Surveys portraiture from the 13th through 16th centuries, including Flemish, Italian, and German painters such as Titian, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Durer. For more on director Johanna Alemann, visit http://www.afana.org/alemann.htm