# Recognition of Man: The Renaissance

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

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1968
- Runtime: 16 min
- By: Johanna Alemann
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/RecognitionOfMan)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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