Civilisation: 4-Man, Measure of All Things, Pt. 1

Duration: 26 min

Creator: Time-Life

Color: color

Description: The place is Italy, the time is the early Fifteenth Century, the discovery is Man, and the great names of this period are Botticelli, Masaccio, Bellini, Giorgione, and Van Eyck. Depicts the Florentine architect, Alberti, as being typical of this new-found egocentricity. The motto he look for himself is wisdom to this day: "A man can do all things if he will.''.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)